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Known and Strange Things Essays

Paperback • 2016 • English

Known and Strange Things Essays

By Teju Cole

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About the book

A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • The Guardian • Harper's Bazaar • San Francisco Chronicle • The Atlantic • Financial Times • Kirkus Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award With this collection of more than fifty pieces on politics, photography, travel, history, and literature, Teju Cole solidif...Show more

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ISBN

9780812989786

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Known and Strange Things Essays

Format

Paperback

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