A review by mikelchartier
Known and Strange Things: Essays by Teju Cole

5.0

The blurb on the cover states that Known and Strange Things is a "blazingly intelligent" first book of essays. That begins to cover it. I was discussing these essays with a friend recently and couldn't quite articulate how impressive Teju Cole's observations of the world around him are. He has a way of stating things that are at once profound and deceptively simple. I expect that my experience is not unique in that it took me ~six months to read because his language is something in which to luxuriate. Spectacular read, highly recommended.