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born 1993 United Kingdom
Caleb Azumah Nelson (born in 1993) is a British–Ghanaian writer and photographer. His 2021 debut novel, Open Water, won the Costa Book Award for First Novel.
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It's easier to hide in your own darkness, than to emerge, naked and vulnerable, blinking in your own light.
Open Water (2021)
It’s one thing to be looked at, and another to be seen.
Open Water (2021)
You have always thought if you opened your mouth in open water you would drown, but if you didn't open your mouth you would suffocate. So here you are, drowning.
Open Water (2021)
You ache. You ache all over. You are aching to be you, but you're scared of what it means to do so.
Open Water (2021)
Every time you remember something, the memory weakens, as you’re remembering the last recollection, rather than the memory itself. Nothing can remain in tact. Still, it does not stop you wanting, does not stop you longing.
Open Water (2021)