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“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.”
Along the streets of Manhattan, a... read more
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Summary edit
Feeling adrift after ending a relationship, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor living in New York, takes long walks through the city while listening to the stories of fellow immigrants until a shattering truth is revealed.
First Sentence edit
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.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 10 in NPR Best Novels of 2011. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Swamplandia!, and followed by The Submission.
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Best Fiction of 2011. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 8, 2011
ISBN: 978-1400068098
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 8, 2011
ISBN: 978-1400068098
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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