CALEB AZUMAH NELSON
u003cpu003eu003cbu003eWINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2021u003cbru003e WINNER OF DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2022u003cbru003e A No.1 BESTSELLER IN u003ciu003eTHE TIMESu003cbru003eu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003e 'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' u003ciu003eObserveru003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e 'Hands-down the best debut I've read in years' u003ciu003eThe Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of u003ciu003eQUEENIEu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e 'An unforgettable debut... it's Sally Rooney meets Michaela Coel meets Teju Cole' u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003e'A love song to Black art and thought' Yaa Gyasi, bestselling author of u003ciu003eHOMEGOING and TRANSCENDENT KINGDOMu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, u003ciu003eOpen Wateru003c/iu003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. Let's hear it for Caleb Azumah Nelson, also known as the future' Benjamin Zephaniahu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'A short, poetic and intellectual meditation on art and a relationship between a young couple' Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHERu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'A very touching and heartfelt book' Diana Evans, award-winning author of u003ciu003eORDINARY PEOPLEu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e '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 SORROWu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003e'u003c/iu003eCaleb is a star in the making' Nikesh Shukla, editor of u003ciu003eTHE GOOD IMMIGRANTu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eBROWN BABYu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'A stunning piece of art' Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of u003ciu003eLOVE IN COLOURu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'For those that are missing the tentative depiction of love in u003ciu003eNormal Peopleu003c/iu003e, Caleb Azumah Nelson's u003ciu003eOpen Wateru003c/iu003e is set to become one of 2021's unmissable books. Utterly transporting, it'll leave you weeping and in awe.' u003ciu003eStylistu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e 'u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eAn exhilarating new voice in British fiction' u003ciu003eVogueu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e 'u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eA poetic novel about Black identity and first love in the capital from one of Britain's most exciting young voicesu003c/bu003e' u003cbu003eu003ciu003eHarper's Bazaaru003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'An intense, elegant debut' u003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eWINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDu003cbru003e WINNER OF DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDSu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eWINNER OF THE BAD FORM BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDu003cbru003e SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARu003cbru003e LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZEu003cbru003e A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD '5 UNDER 35' HONOREEu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e u003ciu003ePre-order Caleb Azumah Nelson's new novel SMALL WORLDS nowu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e
