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Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

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A poetic modern love-story on racial identity.

Open Water is a debut novel that explores themes of love, race, and masculinity. The narrative follows two Black British artists who meet in London and fall in love. The book not only depicts the tenderness of their relationship but also highlights the challenges they face as they navigate their identities in a world that often only sees them as Black bodies. This book is highly recommended for those who enjoy literary fiction that tackles issues of race and identity in a beautifully written, poetic style.

  • British Book Award for Fiction: Début (2022)
  • Costa Book Award for First Novel (2021)
  • Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee (2022)
  • Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2021)
  • Betty Trask Award Nominee (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Novel (2021)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee for Longlist (2022)
  • The Diverse Book Award Nominee for Best Adult Book (2022)
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ISBN: 9780241448779
Publisher: VIKIN
Date of Publication: 2021-01-27
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Contemporary, Romance, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Race
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 57821 readers)

Description

Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists -- he a photographer, she a dancer -- trying to make their mark in a city that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence.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. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential British debut of recent years.
 

A poetic modern love-story on racial identity.

Open Water is a debut novel that explores themes of love, race, and masculinity. The narrative follows two Black British artists who meet in London and fall in love. The book not only depicts the tenderness of their relationship but also highlights the challenges they face as they navigate their identities in a world that often only sees them as Black bodies. This book is highly recommended for those who enjoy literary fiction that tackles issues of race and identity in a beautifully written, poetic style.

  • British Book Award for Fiction: Début (2022)
  • Costa Book Award for First Novel (2021)
  • Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee (2022)
  • Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2021)
  • Betty Trask Award Nominee (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Novel (2021)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee for Longlist (2022)
  • The Diverse Book Award Nominee for Best Adult Book (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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