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Open City A Novel

Teju Cole

“The past, if there is such a thing, is mostly empty space, great expanses of nothing, in which significant persons and events float. Nigeria was like that for me: mostly forgotten, except for those few things that I remembered with outsize intensity.”

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On Being with Krista Tippett

This novel was mentioned for its unique structure, starting "in medias res" and beginning in the middle of a story, which was discussed by the author.

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My novel Open City begins, and so when I began to go on evening walks last fall, I found Morningside Heights an easy place from which to set out into the city.

— Episode: [Unedited] Teju Cole with Krista Tippett

Episode: [Unedited] Teju Cole with Krista Tippett

This novel was mentioned for its unique structure, starting "in medias res" and beginning in the middle of a story, which was discussed by the author.

"

My novel Open City begins, and so when I began to go on evening walks last fall, I found Morningside Heights an easy place from which to set out into the city.

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