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Feb 4, 2021 · At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it.
Apr 13, 2021 · “ Open Water is both a lyrical, tender story about hot, sticky London nights spend falling in love and a devastating and often brutal account of what it means to be a young British Black man. Caleb Azumah Nelson is one to watch.”
- Caleb Azumah Nelson
Open Water is a novel by Caleb Azumah Nelson, published 4 February 2021 by Viking Press, and again in 2022 by Penguin Books. The novel is written from a second person point of view, and features a protagonist who remains unnamed throughout.
Narrated with deep intimacy, Open Water is at once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity that asks what it means to be a person in a world...
Jan 27, 2021 · Open Water Hardcover – January 27, 2021. by Nelson Caleb Azumah (Author) 4.1 2,777 ratings. Goodreads Choice Award nominee. See all formats and editions. 'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021.
- Nelson Caleb Azumah
A short, sharp poetic burst of a novel; it crystallises the torments and heat of young love brilliantly -- Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of PHYSICAL. Open Water is a powerful portrayal of the way that systemic violence can make a person forget softness and vulnerability.
- Caleb Azumah Nelson
Apr 13, 2021 · A stunning first novel about two young Black artists in London falling in and out of love by a new literary virtuoso and finalist for the BBC Short Story Award, twenty-six-year-old writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelson.