Open Water by Nelson, Caleb Azumah
Open Water by Nelson, Caleb Azumah

Open Water

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Open Water by Nelson, Caleb Azumah

Open Water

$25.39
Open Water by Nelson, Caleb Azumah

Open Water

$25.39
Author: Caleb Azumah Nelson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35
WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION

"Open Water is tender poetry, a love song to Black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning to be soft with each other in a world that hardens against Black people."--Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing

In a crowded London pub, two young people meet. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists--he a photographer, she a dancer--and both are trying to make their mark in a world that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence, and over the course of a year they find their relationship tested by forces beyond their control.

Narrated with deep intimacy, Open Water is at once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity that asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body; to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength; to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, and blistering emotional intelligence, Caleb Azumah Nelson gives a profoundly sensitive portrait of romantic love in all its feverish waves and comforting beauty.

This is one of the most essential debut novels of recent years, heralding the arrival of a stellar and prodigious young talent.



Author: Caleb Azumah Nelson
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 04/13/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780802157942


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2020 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2021
Booklist 02/15/2021 pg. 25
Publishers Weekly 02/15/2021 pg. 157
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2021
Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 67

About the Author
Nelson, Caleb Azumah: - Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer, living in South East London. His writing is forthcoming or has been published in THE WHITE REVIEW, LITRO and he was recently shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Award, the Palm Photo Prize and won the People's Choice prize. OPEN WATER is his first novel.
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