Open City

Name: Open City
Author: Teju Cole
ISBN: 9780571279425

by Teju Cole

2011 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 3 places · 2 primary

Sense of Place

5/5

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

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African Burial Ground National Monument · United States
Pivotal site where Julius reflects on slavery
★ primary
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Brussels · Belgium
Julius vacations here, reconnecting with his Belgian grandmother and meeting Dr. Maillotte and Farouq
★ primary
Morningside Heights · United States
Julius apartment neighborhood