Open Water; SIGNED

Nelson, Caleb Azumah

ISBN 10: 0241448778 / ISBN 13: 9780241448779

Published by Viking, 2021

About this Item

Signed by Caleb Azumah Nelson to the title page. Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021. Winner of Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards 2022. A near fine, unread copy of a first edition, fourth impression hardback in a near fine, unclipped dustjacket (faint bruise to one corner; neat 1cm tear to dustjacket) All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery.

Seller Inventory # 014778

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Open Water; SIGNED
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241448778
• ISBN 13: 9780241448779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • ABE

About this title

Synopsis

'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021

'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE

'An unforgettable debut... it's Sally Rooney meets Michaela Coel meets Teju Cole' New York Times

'A love song to Black art and thought' Yaa Gyasi, bestselling author of HOMEGOING and TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM

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.

'An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. Let's hear it for Caleb Azumah Nelson, also known as the future' Benjamin Zephaniah

'A very touching and heartfelt book' Diana Evans, award-winning author of ORDINARY PEOPLE

'A lyrical modern love story, brilliant on music and art, race and London life, I enjoyed it hugely' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY and SWEET SORROW

'Caleb is a star in the making' Nikesh Shukla, editor of THE GOOD IMMIGRANT and BROWN BABY

'A stunning piece of art' Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of LOVE IN COLOUR

'For those that are missing the tentative depiction of love in Normal People, Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is set to become one of 2021's unmissable books. Utterly transporting, it'll leave you weeping and in awe.' Stylist

'An exhilarating new voice in British fiction' Vogue

'A poetic novel about Black identity and first love in the capital from one of Britain's most exciting young voices' Harper's Bazaar

'An intense, elegant debut' Guardian