Open City - a novel

Teju Cole
my part 2

please read my part 1 from Saturday Feb. 4th

My sense is that Teju is mining underneath for that which is not visible, is not readable for the average and non-attentive eye.  Mr. Cole does not tell, he shows.  This is most excellent writing, and consistent.  He has an agenda, but it is never what you think it is on the surface.  He has this surprising way of using the assets of his life and the world around and uncovering it then in the numinous.

He subtly forces his hand at the last, with an almost cryptic metaphor, but in the second breath that one takes upon finishing the book this way, you realize that it was perfectly executed as a summary; not one you expect, yet a summary of the contents that only an artist could conjure.

Bravo Mr. Cole.  Please don't stay only in art studies, but do please write again.  Will be waiting for another book.

I repeat here the link to his interview on the PBS site: http://tinyurl.com/72ph73f

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