Open Water

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Open Water is a powerful debut novel about two Black British artists who meet in South East London and navigate love, identity, and belonging. This heartfelt story explores their struggles and triumphs in a city that both embraces and rejects them.

A tender love story intertwined with deep reflections on race, masculinity, and vulnerability.

Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021 and a number one bestseller in The Times, Open Water has garnered wide acclaim, including shortlistings for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and Waterstones Book of the Year. It also won the Bad Form Book of the Year Award and was longlisted for prestigious prizes such as the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and the Gordon Burn Prize. Additionally, Caleb Azumah Nelson was recognized as a National Book Award '5 Under 35' Honoree.

The story follows two young Black British creatives-a photographer and a dancer-who both earned scholarships to private schools, where they often felt out of place. Now, as artists trying to make their mark, they meet by chance in a pub and begin a delicate, tender romance.

Yet, despite their connection, fear and violence threaten to pull them apart. Open Water delves into what it means to be seen only as a Black body in a world that demands strength but often denies vulnerability. It’s a moving exploration of finding safety in love, only to face the pain of losing it.

With soulful and evocative prose, Caleb Azumah Nelson delivers one of the most essential British debuts of recent years.

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