Open City, by Teju Cole under-100

Open City, by Teju Cole under-100A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the streets of Manhattan. For Julius the walks are a release from the tight regulations of work, from the emotional fallout of a failed relationship, from lives past and present on either side of the Atlantic. Isolated amid crowds of bustling strangers, Julius criss crosses not just physical landscapes

in conflicts variously ruthless

It deals with the universal - childhood

Set in a southern African country that is never named

land and sea combine to produce the food we eat and these natural resources have become critically degraded at a time when our expanding population needs them most

even as it retains its remarkable history and ancient charms

here are twenty-seven refreshing takes on the science fiction and fantasy genres from minds wide open to possibility

he teaches his classes dutifully

won the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award

I see you snickering

Latin American

Important South African & International Art

The picture that emerges is astonishingly different from the popular stereotype