A stunning, shattering debut novel about two Black British artists falling in and out of love - available for pre-order nowbr>br>''A love song to black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning to be soft with each other in a world that hardens against black people.'' Yaa Gyasi, bestselling author of HOMEGOING br>br>Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a photographer, she a dancer - trying to make their mark in a city that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence.br>br>At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential debut of recent years.br>br>''An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. Let''s hear it for Caleb Azumah Nelson, also known as the future'' Benjamin Zephaniahbr>br>''A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love'' Candice Carty-Williams, Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE br>br>''Caleb is a star in the making.'' Nikesh Shukla, editor of THE GOOD IMMIGRANTbr>br>''A stunning piece of art'' Bolu Babalola, Sunday Times bestselling author of LOVE IN COLOUR>
S'il le pouvait, Stephen danserait tout le temps. À l'église avec ses parents et la communauté ghanéenne dont il est issu, dans les caves de son quartier à Londres, avec son amour de jeunesse dont il s'éloigne irrémédiablement, ou seul, en écoutant les vieux disques de son père qu'il aimerait mieux comprendre. Stephen est surtout un musicien, et il joue de la trompette autant qu'il le peut. Mais lorsqu'une tragédie vient frapper le jeune homme, son petit monde s'écroule. Après tout, que peut la musique face à la mort ? Dans une langue mélodieuse, une sorte d'improvisation de jazz, Caleb Azumah Nelson raconte trois étés de la vie d'un jeune homme et nous offre une histoire enchanteresse sur les mondes que nous construisons pour échapper au quotidien.
An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azumah Nelson, bestselling and award-winning author of "Open Water". The one thing that can solve Stephen's problems is dancing. Dancing at Church, with his pa
