{"product_id":"blind-spot-hardcover","title":"Blind Spot - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeju Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this innovative synthesis of words and images, the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e and photography critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e combines two of his great passions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of the Year - One of \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e's \u003c\/b\u003eTen Best Photography Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When it comes to Teju Cole, the unexpected is not unfamiliar: He's an acclaimed novelist, an influential essayist, and an internationally exhibited photographer. In \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, readers follow Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice, eye, and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, journey through more than 150 of Cole's full-color original photos, each accompanied by his lyrical and evocative prose, forming a multimedia diary of years of near-constant travel: from a park in Berlin to a mountain range in Switzerland, a church exterior in Lagos to a parking lot in Brooklyn; landscapes and interiors, beautiful or quotidian, that inspire Cole's memories, fantasies, and introspections. Ships in Capri remind him of the work of writers from Homer to Edna O'Brien; a hotel room in Wannsee brings back a disturbing dream about a friend's death; a home in Tivoli evokes a transformative period of semi-blindness, after which \"the photography changed. . . . The looking changed.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As exquisitely wrought as the work of Anne Carson or Chris Marker, \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the art of seeing by one of the most powerful and original voices in contemporary literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Common things  are] made radiant by the quality of Cole's looking. . . . In this new, luminous book, Cole shows himself to be really one of the best at seeing.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This lyrical essay in photographs paired with texts explores the mysteries of the ordinary.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Books Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stunning . . . feels like the fulfillment of an intellectual project that has defined most of  Cole's] career.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dazzling . . . cerebral yet intimate . . . combines personal essay, history, biography, journalism, and photography into a seamless package, capturing human dignity and grace through careful, clear-eyed reverence.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An eclectically brilliant distillation of what photography can do, and why it remains an important art form.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeju Cole \u003c\/b\u003eis the photography critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has been exhibited in India, Iceland, and the United States, and was the subject of a solo exhibition in Italy in 2016. He is the author of the essay collection, \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the novels \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is for the Thief \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Open City, \u003c\/i\u003e the latter of which won the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the Internationaler Literaturpreis, the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the New York City Book Award, and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His photography column at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for a 2016 National Magazine Award, and he is the winner of the 2016 Focus Award for excellence in photographic writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.8 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687177490495,"sku":"9780399591075","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0664ead194d68bf0c4095ab81f2fd167.webp?v=1764977732","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/blind-spot-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}