{"product_id":"blind-spot-9780399591075b","title":"Blind Spot","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTime’s \u003c\/span\u003eTop 10 Non-Fiction Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSmithsonian’s \u003c\/span\u003eTen Best Photography Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\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.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This lyrical essay in photographs paired with texts explores the mysteries of the ordinary.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Books Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors’ Choice)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Stunning . . . feels like the fulfillment of an intellectual project that has defined most of [Cole’s] career.”—\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42972160163920,"sku":"9780399591075B","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/blind-spot-9780399591075b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}