Blind Spot

The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young stranger in the Congo. In <i>Blind Spot</i> readers will follow Teju Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for <i>Open Cit</i>y. In more than 150 pairs of images and surprising lyrical text Cole explores his complex relationship to the visual world through his two great passions: writing and photography. <i>Blind Spot</i> is a testament to the art of seeing by one of the most powerful and original voices in contemporary literature.