Caleb Azumah Nelson is a 27-year-old British-Ghanaian writer and photographer living in South East London. His photography has been shortlisted for the Palm Photo Prize and won the People's Choice prize. His short story, PRAY, was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2020. His first novel, OPEN WATER, was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize. He was selected as a National Book Foundation '5 under 35' honoree by Brit Bennett in 2021.
Open Water is a beautifully, delicately written novel about love,
for self and others, about being seen, about vulnerability and
mental health. Sentence by sentence, it oozes longing and grace.
Caleb is a star in the making.
*Nikesh Shukla, editor of THE GOOD IMMIGRANT and author of BROWN
BABY*
For those that are missing the tentative depiction of love in
Normal People, Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is set to become
one of 2021's unmissable books. Utterly transporting, it'll leave
you weeping and in awe.
*Stylist*
An exhilarating new voice in British fiction
*Vogue*
A short, sharp poetic burst of a novel; it crystallises the
torments and heat of young love brilliantly
*Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of PHYSICAL*
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