Tremor (Cole novel)

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Tremor
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Author Teju Cole
LanguageEnglish
Genre Literary fiction
Publisher Random House
Publication date
October 17, 2023
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages256 pp.
ISBN 9780812997118
(hardcover 1st ed.)
OCLC 1351935359

Tremor is a 2023 novel by Nigerian-American author Teju Cole.

Contents

Writing and conception

Cole wrote the novel partially to "capture the moment just before the pandemic." [1]

Reception

In a positive review, Julian Lucas of The New Yorker praised the novel, writing it was an "elegant and unsettling prose still-life." [2] Brain Dillon of The New York Times describes is as a mix of Cole as a photographer and Cole as an essayist. [3]

Awards

In 2024, the novel won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction. [4] [5]

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2023 National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Finalist [6] [7]
2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award FictionWon [4] [5]
Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize —Longlisted [8]
Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award —Longlisted [9]

References

  1. ↑ Cummins, Anthony (October 14, 2023). "Teju Cole: 'Being avant garde isn't about being unreadable'". The Guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ Lucas, Julian (October 9, 2023). "Teju Cole's New Novel Is Haunted by the Trespasses of Art". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ Dillon, Brian (October 17, 2023). "For Teju Cole, Art Is a Lens on a History of Violence". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Winners: Tremor". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards . Cleveland Foundation . Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Teju Cole's Tremor Wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award | Department of English". english.fas.harvard.edu. March 28, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Here are the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award finalists". Literary Hub. January 25, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ "2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Chicago Public Library. January 26, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Longlist Announced for 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize". New Literary Project. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Award Winners". Topsfield Town Library. July 25, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2025.


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