Teju Cole - Böcker

Black Paper

Writing in a Dark Time

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

120 kr

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A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity—and witness the humanity of others—in a time of darkness. One of the most celebrated essayists of his generation, Cole here plays variations on the essay form, modeling ways to attend to experience—not just to take in but to think critically about what we sense and what we don’t.Wide-ranging but thematically unified, the essays address ethical questions about what it means to be human and what it means to bear witness, recognizing how our individual present is informed by a collective past. Cole’s writings in Black Paper approach the fractured moment of our history through a constellation of interrelated concerns: confrontation with unsettling art, elegies both public and private, the defense of writing in a time of political upheaval, the role of the color black in the visual arts, the use of shadow in photography, and the links between literature and activism. Throughout, Cole gives us intriguing new ways of thinking about blackness and its numerous connotations. As he describes the carbon-copy process in his epilogue: “Writing on the top white sheet would transfer the carbon from the black paper onto the bottom white sheet. Black transported the meaning.”

Öppen stad : roman

AvTeju Cole

23

Pocket, Svenska, 2014

89 kr

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Black Paper

Writing in a Dark Time

AvTeju Cole

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

224 kr

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“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a collection of essays that meditate on what it means to keep our humanity—and witness the humanity of others—in a time of darkness. Cole is well-known as a master of the essay form, and in Black Paper he is writing at the peak of his skill, as he models how to be closely attentive to experience—to not just see and take in, but to think critically about what we are seeing and not seeing. Wide-ranging in their subject matter, the essays are connected by ethical questions about what it means to be human and what it means to bear witness, recognizing how our individual present is informed by a collective past. Cole’s writings in Black Paper approach the fractured moment of our history through a constellation of interrelated concerns: confrontation with unsettling art, elegies both public and private, the defense of writing in a time of political upheaval, the role of the color black in the visual arts, the use of shadow in photography, and the links between literature and activism. Throughout, Cole gives us intriguing new ways of thinking about the color black and its numerous connotations. As he describes the carbon copy process in his epilogue: “Writing on the top white sheet would transfer the carbon from the black paper onto the bottom white. Black transported the meaning.”

Blind Spot

AvTeju Cole

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

483 kr

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Open City

AvTeju Cole

5

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

124 kr

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The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald.A 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 but social boundaries too, encountering people whose otherness sheds light on his own remarkable journey from Nigeria to New York - as well as into the most unrecognisable facets of his own soul.

Tremor

'Dazzling.' Deborah Levy

AvTeju Cole

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

228 kr

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'Extraordinary.' SUNDAY TIMES'Dazzling.' DEBORAH LEVY'Masterful.' DAILY TELEGRAPHTunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener and a traveller drawn to many different kinds of stories: tales from history and the epic; accounts of friends, family and strangers; narratives found in books and films. One man's personal lens refracts entire worlds, and back again.A weekend spent shopping for antiques is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speaks out from a pulsing metropolis.Tremor is a startling work of realism and invention that examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It is a reckoning with human survival amidst 'history's own brutality, which refuses symmetries and seldom consoles' - but it is also a testament to the possibility of joy. This is narration with all its senses alert, a surprising and deeply essential work from a beacon of contemporary literature.'An intimate novel about destabilization and catastrophe, Tremor roves freely across time, form, geography. Supple and sinuous, it is a dazzling performance from one of the most brilliant and singular minds at work today.' KATIE KITAMURA

Tremor

'Dazzling.' Deborah Levy

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

124 kr

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Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling.Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener, and a traveller drawn to many different kinds of stories: from history and the epic; of friends, family, and strangers; those found in books and films. One man's personal lens refracts entire worlds, and back again.A weekend spent shopping for antiques is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speak out from a pulsing metropolis.Tremor is a startling work of realism and invention that examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It is a reckoning with human survival amidst "history's own brutality, which refuses symmetries and seldom consoles" - but it is also a testament to the possibility of joy. This is narration with all its senses alert, a surprising and deeply essential work from a beacon of contemporary literature.Praise for Open City:'Open City is not a loud novel, nor a thriller, nor a nail-biter. What it is is a gorgeous, crystalline, and cumulative investigation of memory, identity, and erasure. It gathers its power inexorably, page by page, and ultimately reveals itself as nothing less than a searing tour de force. Teju Cole might just be a W. G. Sebald for the twenty-first century.'Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See'Beautiful, subtle, and finally, original...'James Wood, The New Yorker

Every Day is for the Thief

AvTeju Cole

2

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

124 kr

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A young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. The country of his childhood has changed: it has found fast-food restaurants, email cafes, contempt for authority and the all-consuming draw of 'money for nothing'. From the consulate back in Manhattan to the dusty streets of Lagos, life runs like clockwork -- as long as you can pay the fee: a bribe for the visa clerk; a 'Christmas gift' at immigration. Petrol pumps overcharge and internet cafes overflow with scammers. Every Day is for the Thief is a candid tale of political and spiritual corruption, and a moving account of what it means to go home.

Known and Strange Things

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

181 kr

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Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA blazingly intelligent first collection of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief.With these pieces on politics, photography, travel, history and literature, Teju Cole solidifies his place as one of today's most powerful and original voices, covering subjects as diverse as Virginia Woolf, W.G Sebald, Instagram, Barack Obama and Boko Haram. Persuasive and provocative, erudite yet accessible, Known and Strange Things is an opportunity to live within Teju Cole's wide-ranging enthusiasms, curiosities and passions, and a chance to see the world in surprising and affecting new frames.

Blind Spot

AvTeju Cole

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

266 kr

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The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young stranger in the Congo. In Blind Spot, readers will follow Teju Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm, as he continues to refine the voice and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for Open City. In more than 150 pairs of images and surprising, lyrical text, Cole explores his complex relationship to the visual world through his two great passions: writing and photography. Blind Spot is a testament to the art of seeing by one of the most powerful and original voices in contemporary literature.

Tremor

'Dazzling.' Deborah Levy

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

158 kr

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Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling.Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener, and a traveller drawn to many different kinds of stories: from history and the epic; of friends, family, and strangers; those found in books and films. One man's personal lens refracts entire worlds, and back again.A weekend spent shopping for antiques is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speak out from a pulsing metropolis.Tremor is a startling work of realism and invention that examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It is a reckoning with human survival amidst "history's own brutality, which refuses symmetries and seldom consoles" - but it is also a testament to the possibility of joy. This is narration with all its senses alert, a surprising and deeply essential work from a beacon of contemporary literature.Praise for Open City:'Open City is not a loud novel, nor a thriller, nor a nail-biter. What it is is a gorgeous, crystalline, and cumulative investigation of memory, identity, and erasure. It gathers its power inexorably, page by page, and ultimately reveals itself as nothing less than a searing tour de force. Teju Cole might just be a W. G. Sebald for the twenty-first century.'Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See'Beautiful, subtle, and finally, original...'James Wood, The New Yorker

Open City

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska

206 kr

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Every Day Is for the Thief: Fiction

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

249 kr

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Tremor

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

258 kr

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Known and Strange Things: Essays

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

324 kr

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This Is Not a Border

Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature

AvJ.M. Coetzee,William Sutcliffem. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

202 kr

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________________'This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one' - New Statesman'Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to wonderful people. Palestine is proud of you' - Suad Amiry________________The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008. Bringing together writers from all corners of the globe, it aims to help Palestinians break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupation, to strengthen their artistic links with the rest of the world, and to reaffirm, in the words of Edward Said, ‘the power of culture over the culture of power’.Celebrating the tenth anniversary of PalFest, This Is Not a Border is a collection of essays, poems and stories from some of the world’s most distinguished artists, responding to their experiences at this unique festival. Both heartbreaking and hopeful, their gathered work is a testament to the power of literature to promote solidarity and courage in the most desperate of situations.Contributors: Susan Abulhawa, Suad Amiry, Victoria Brittain, Jehan Bseiso, Teju Cole, Molly Crabapple, Selma Dabbagh, Mahmoud Darwish, Najwan Darwish, Geoff Dyer, Yasmin El-Rifae, Adam Foulds, Ru Freeman, Omar Robert Hamilton, Suheir Hammad, Nathalie Handal, Mohammed Hanif, Jeremy Harding, Rachel Holmes, John Horner, Remi Kanazi, Brigid Keenan, Mercedes Kemp, Omar El-Khairy, Nancy Kricorian, Sabrina Mahfouz, Jamal Mahjoub, Henning Mankell, Claire Messud, China Miéville, Pankaj Mishra, Deborah Moggach, Muiz, Maath Musleh, Michael Palin, Ed Pavlic, Atef Abu Saif, Kamila Shamsie, Raja Shehadeh, Gillian Slovo, Ahdaf Soueif, Linda Spalding, Will Sutcliffe, Alice WalkerWith messages from China Achebe, Michael Ondaatje and J. M. Coetzee________________'Every literary act, whether it is a great epic poem or an honest piece of journalism or a simple nonsense tale for children is a blow against the forces of stupidity and ignorance and darkness … The Palestine Festival of Literature exists to do just that – and I salute it for its work. Not only this year but for as long as it is necessary' - Philip Pullman

Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting

AvHal Foster,Teju Cole

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

473 kr

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Kerry James Marshall is one of America’s greatest living painters. History of Painting presents a groundbreaking body of new work that engages with the history of the medium itself.In Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting, the artist has widened his scope to include both figurative and nonfigurative works that deal explicitly with art history, race, and gender, as well as paintings that force us to reexamine how artworks are received in the world and in the art market. In all the paintings in this book, Marshall’s critique of history and of dominant white narratives is present, even as the subjects of the paintings move between reproductions of auction catalogues, abstract works, and scenes of everyday life.Essays by Hal Foster and Teju Cole help readers navigate Marshall’s masterful vision, decoding complexly layered works such as Untitled (Underpainting), 2018, and Marshall’s own artistic philosophy. This catalogue is published on the occasion of Marshall’s eponymous exhibition at David Zwirner, London in 2018.

Every Day is for the Thief. Buch + Klett Augmented

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

139 kr

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Fremder im Dorf / Schwarzer Körper

AvJames Baldwin,Teju Cole

Inbunden, Tyska, 2024

267 kr

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Black Paper

AvTeju Cole

Inbunden, Tyska, 2023

283 kr

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Tremor

AvTeju Cole

Inbunden, Tyska, 2024

283 kr

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Jeder Tag gehört dem Dieb

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Tyska, 2024

172 kr

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Open City

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Tyska, 2024

184 kr

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Tremor

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Tyska, 2025

197 kr

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Vija Celmins

AvJulian Bell,Jimena Canalesm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

642 kr

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Vija Celmins creates intricate paintings and drawings of galaxies, oceans, and natural textures with a restrained palette, drawing viewers into their subtle beauty. This catalog showcases 90 artworks, artist commentaries, and insights from renowned writers and artists.Vija Celmins is a master of subtle visual power. She is best known for her captivating paintings and drawings depicting galaxies, surfaces of the moon, desert floors and oceans as well as spider webs. Her works are not monumental; they are painted with a restrained palette and defy quick vision. But once you get involved with them, your gaze gets caught up in them and they unfold their fascination and great beauty.. The catalog presents all of the approximately 90 exhibited artworks as well as a selection of documentary photographs. Several commentaries by the artist on her works are inserted between the image pages, most of them published for the first time. Contributions by renowned authors and artists such as Julian Bell, Teju Cole, Rachel Cusk, Marlene Dumas and Robert Gober provide new perspectives on the artist's impressive oeuvre.

Papel Negro

AvTeju Cole

Häftad, Spanska, 2025

301 kr

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Varje dag är tjuvens dag

AvTeju Cole

2

Inbunden, Svenska, 2015

245 kr

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En man återvänder till Nigeria efter många år i New York. Han landar i ett Lagos som är laddat med barndomens minnen men också något främmande: våld, en plötslig vaksamhet. Berättaren tar in staden genom att röra sig genom den, i buss eller bil; inte sällan fastnar han i en av de evighetslånga bilköer som tillhör dagarnas rytm.Här finns ”yahoo yahoo”, de unga män som skickar spammejl över hela världen, en gammal kärlek, korrumperade poliser och tjuvar.För det här är också en bok om tjuvar. Om kolonialtidens djupa sår, om en stat som stjäl från sina medborgare, om ropet som ljuder över marknadsplatsen, ”Tjuv!” och vad en mobb är kapabel till.Varje dag är tjuvens dag är en liten bok med stor sprängkraft. Teju Cole rör sig blixtsnabbt mellan det lilla och det stora och ger en fascinerande inblick i ett Nigeria som nu förändras snabbt.

Teju Cole (född 1975 i USA, uppvuxen i Nigeria) fick sitt internationella genombrott med flanörromanen Öppen stad, som kom på svenska 2013. Cole är författare, fotograf och konsthistoriker.

Skälvning

AvTeju Cole

2

Inbunden, Svenska, 2024

239 kr

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Skälvning är hjärtskärande och ömsint… en bok som vidgar och osäkrar vår upplevelse av tjugohundratalet.

The Guardian

Skälvning utforskar vad som utgör ett meningsfullt liv i en våldsam värld – av den prisbelönta författaren till Öppen stad.

Under en helg med vänner på tur mellan antikaffärer i Maine, kastas en plötslig skugga över de koloniala grymheterna som fortfarande präglar platsen. En promenad i skymningen avbryts av brutal vardagsrasism. En enastående kaskad av röster talar ut från en pulserande afrikansk metropol.

Och i romanens kärna mötet mellan Tunde och hans partner Sadoko som glider in och ut ur varandras liv. Genom parets längtan undersöker Cole meningen med separation och närhet, tid och dödlighet.

Precis som i sin magnifika debut Öppen stad lägger Teju Cole ett labyrintisk historisk pussel där alla sinnen är på påslagna. Skälvning är ett nytt mästerverk av en av samtidens mest särpräglade författare.

Teju Cole föddes i USA år 1975 till nigerianska föräldrar och växte upp i Lagos. På svenska finns sedan tidigare romanerna Öppen stad och Varje dag är tjuvens dag, samt essäsamlingen Kända och okända underliga ting. Han har belönats med flera litterära priser, är professor i kreativt skrivande vid Harvard University och medarbetande skribent för The New York Times Magazine.

Kända och underliga ting : essäer

AvTeju Cole

2

Inbunden, Svenska, 2017

229 kr

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Utsedd till en av årets bästa böcker 2016 av Time, The Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar och San Francisco Chronicle.Med romanen Öppen stad fick Teju Cole sitt internationella genombrott och blev en av vår tids mest angelägna röster. Essäboken Kända och underliga ting återspeglar Teju Coles passion för människan och hennes värld. Med texter om litteratur, fotografi , historia och politik dyker han ner i ämnen som James Baldwin och Virginia Woolf, Tomas Tranströmer och W. G. Sebald, Barack Obama och Black Lives Matter. Med en förmåga att vara nyanserad och stridbar på samma gång håller Cole fram en värld full av komplexitet och motsägelser, skönhet och fara.Teju Cole är författare, fotograf och konsthistoriker. Han fick sitt internationella genombrott med den prisbelönta romanen Öppen stad som kom ut på svenska 2013. Två år senare utkom romanen Varje dag är tjuvens dag. Teju Cole bor i Brooklyn, New York."Coles essäer är briljanta - skarpa, intelligenta - och visar på en trivsam älskvärdhet. Hans variationsrika prosa är oklanderlig, när han så önskar. Hans djupa kunnande tillämpas ödmjukt."New York Review of Books"... han är en sådan vass och oberäknelig skribent. Oavsett om han skriver om Boko Haram eller Brahms, Kieslowski eller Kofi Awoonor (poeten som dödades i terrorattentatet i Nairobi 2013) är han klartänkt, nyfiken och besvärlig. Man blir nyfiken på det man inte har hört talas om, och får en ny syn på det som är bekant. Sträckläsning av bokens 55 essäer ger lätt åksjuka, det är en sjuhelvetes bildningsresa."Erik Eje Almqvist, Filter"Kulturellt spänstigt och infallsrikt"Nina Solomin, Upsala Nya Tidning"Det är svårt att inte imponeras av bredden och djupet i Coles kunskaper inom så vitt skilda fält. Jag måste erkänna att läsningen var en bildningsresa också för mig, där jag var tvungen att slå upp många av de konstnärer och fotografer han refererar till. Cole tar emellertid på sig rollen som introduktör lika avslappnat och självsäkert som han skriver romaner: han låter det som är komplicerat vara svårt, men visar alltid på nya vägar att förstå det han skriver om ... Cole låter sanningen vara så komplex, multipolär och motsägelsefull som han ser den - utan att någonsin förlora greppet om den egna textens riktning."Måns Wadensjö, Svenska Dagbladet"Essäsamlingen är bildande på det djupgående sätt som förvandlar en bok till en läserfarenhet i stället för en läsupplevelse. I det politiskt deprimerade klimat vi befinner oss i känns den stärkande."Maja Lundgren, Upsala Nya Tidning"Som allra bäst, och när Teju Cole är riktigt bra är han bättre än nästan alla andra, är bokens avslutande del. Litteraturen och konsten är med här också men texterna får slå ut i hela kroppen på läsaren, inte bara huvudet, och bli till öppna platser snarare än stängda rum.”Anna Hellgren, Expressen"Märkligt nog ger Kända och underliga ting en vilopaus från det deppiga världsläget ... hans poetiska, mjuka, långsamma språk, som översättaren Erik MacQueen följsamt lyckats överföra till svenska, gör hans essäer trösterika. Han tar som ett enormt flygfoto över världen, får med både konflikter, konst och fotografi, kopplar nuet till historien, visar sambanden, precis som i Öppen stad. Han gör det elegant och ledigt, ofta med alla sinnen på vid gavel, utan tvärsäkra debattåsikter."Lina Kalmteg, Svenska DagbladetOriginalets titel: Known and Strange ThingsÖversättning: Erik MacQueenOmslagsfoto: Teju ColeOmslag: Sara R. Acedo