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Open city

by Teju Cole, Xavier Pàmies Giménez

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Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past.

FictionNigeriansRaceIdentity (Psychology)Fiction, psychologicalNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, urbanFiction, generalNew York Times reviewedIdentityFiction, urban & street litNigérians