Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A West African photographer and professor teaches at an unnamed American university and navigates the aftershocks of history and displacement in his daily life and art. A meditative, essayistic novel. NBCC Fiction finalist 2023.
About the Author
Teju ColeNigerian-American
Teju Cole is a Nigerian-American writer, art historian, and photographer. Born in Michigan in 1975 to Nigerian parents, he grew up largely in Nigeria before returning to the United States for higher education. He holds degrees from Kalamazoo College, New York University, and completed his doctorate in art history at Columbia University. Read more →
