Open City
by Teju Cole
2011 · literary fiction · adult
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Set in 2 places · 1 primarySense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)
A society woman in Paris sells her jewels, a gift from her husband, to pay debts. The buyer informs the husband, the husband buys them back and gives them to his mistress. The mistress sells them and they come back to the original woman via an admirer.
Set in
- ★African Burial Ground National Monument · United States★ primaryPivotal site where Julius reflects on slavery
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