Blind Spot Teju Cole Review

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Blind spot teju cole review.

As exquisitely wrought as the work of anne carson or chris marker blind spot is a testament to the art of seeing by one of the most powerful and original voices in contemporary literature. By teju cole photographed by teju cole. Every day is for the thief. But of course cole is much more than a craftsman of words and a sage of ideas.

It s a synthesis of image and language that conveys knowledge via. This aesthetic harmony despite the starkly varying images is not. Blind spot is assuredly the work of an auteur a singular talent the sydney morning herald an eye opening exploration of the world time and how the two connect nylon reminiscent of julio cortázar s blow up. Unlike tourism or tourism s uppercase guide the travel pages blind spot does not pursue the spectacular landscape or portrait that epitomizes a destination.

More biography memoir more essays anthologies more non fiction more nonfiction more by teju cole. Praise for blind spot common things are made radiant by the quality of cole s looking. Blind spot sustains this heady high note of oneiric sublimity but cole just as often employs his intelligence and compassion to unearth the grief and terror latent beneath the surface of an image. Or rather the highest level of language.

Rarely do cole s images of streets. Beyond the hedge masked by fresh foliage is a parked rv. Blind spot by teju cole review a writer s photographs on his travels to cities around the world cole took photos initially to aid his memory. A tree shadow crosses the driveway in the foreground.

Cole s blind spot captures the extraordinary within the. Teju cole has become for me an indispensable writer because the intelligence of his work enables me to gain a more compassionate understanding of the world. The first photograph in teju cole s new book blind spot depicts neighboring suburban driveways in springtime. A chain link fence and a row of bushes with budding leaves mark property lines.

His pictures and texts show him to be wonderful at. By teju cole fiction.