Tremor

Author:	Cole, Teju
Binding:	Hardcover
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ISBN:	9780571283354
Publisher:	Faber & Faber
Language:	English
Page Count:	239
Publication Date:	10/19/2023
Size:	8.88" l x 5.63" w x 1.00"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Fiction	Literary
Fiction	African American

Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener and a traveller drawn to many different kinds of stories: tales from history and the epic; accounts of friends, family and strangers; narratives found in books and films. One man's personal lens refracts entire worlds, and back again.

A weekend spent shopping for antiques is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speaks out from a pulsing metropolis.

Tremor is a startling work of realism and invention that examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It is a reckoning with human survival amidst 'history's own brutality, which refuses symmetries and seldom consoles' - but it is also a testament to the possibility of joy. This is narration with all its senses alert, a surprising and deeply essential work from a beacon of contemporary literature.

'Extraordinary.' SUNDAY TIMES

'Dazzling.' DEBORAH LEVY

'Masterful.' DAILY TELEGRAPH