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Small Worlds

Yazan: Caleb Azumah Nelson
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WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024

An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azumah Nelson, the no.1 bestselling, award-winning author of Open Water

The one thing that can solve Stephen's problems is dancing. Dancing at Church, with his parents and brother, the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise; he might have lost his faith, but he does believe in rhythm. Dancing with his friends, somewhere in a basement with the drums about to drop, while the DJ spins garage cuts. Dancing with his band, making music which speaks not just to the hardships of their lives, but the joys too. Dancing with his best friend Adeline, two-stepping around the living room, crooning and grooving, so close their heads might touch. Dancing alone, at home, to his father's records, uncovering parts of a man he has never truly known.

Stephen has only ever known himself in song. But what becomes of him when the music fades? When his father begins to speak of shame and sacrifice, when his home is no longer his own? How will he find space for himself: a place where he can feel beautiful, a place he might feel free?

Set over the course of three summers in Stephen's life, from London to Ghana and back again, Small Worlds is an exhilarating and expansive novel about the worlds we build for ourselves, the worlds we live, dance and love within.


© 2023 Caleb Azumah Nelson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

 African American Coming of Age Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Kurgu Literary Fiction Siyah İçerik Üreticileri
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Nelson writes about closeness, with family, with lovers, with art, as careful, essential labour (Raven Leilani, author of Luster)
A mesmerising Peckham love story
An affecting meditation on the migrant experience
Caleb Azumah Nelson's writing is touching, heartfelt, and musically rich (Diana Evans)
Small Worlds is an emotionally astute novel that cements this 29-year-old south London author as one of the UK's best.
SMALL WORLDS is a miracle of observation, of attention and attunement. Caleb Azumah Nelson writes prose that is unmatched in its musicality and sensitivity. A gorgeous, rhapsodic, wise novel (KATIE KITAMURA, author of INTIMACIES)
In his beautiful new novel Nelson summons the sounds of Black Youth, love and discovery to the page. A celebration of the heart (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS and FRIDAY BLACK)
Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water was a slim masterpiece. His second novel, Small Worlds is a similarly lapidary coming-of-age story set over three years in the life of an extraordinary young man.
A gentle reflection on self-discovery
If you haven't had a chance to read Caleb Azumah Nelson's debut, Open Water, about a gorgeous love affair in modern-day London, then please do; it'll keep you occupied until his new release is out on 11 May, which is about fathers and sons, the power of dance and how one man can create a life he loves
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Often books narrated by the author don’t work, but the narration here was sheer poetry. Beautiful and moving.

Beautiful!

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An elegantly raw and heartfelt story told through the lens of beautifully crafted narratives of the characters that resonates with authenticity, compassion and a profound understanding of migrant experience and the subsequent generations living in UK today. An exquisitely written novel that delves into the multifaceted nature of the diaspora identity. Beautiful, personal, spoke of things most of us find hard to articulate about our experience. I couldn’t stop listening to this. Thank you so much Caleb Azumah Nelson.

Exquisitely told story, masterfully written

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I really related to this book as a Ghanaian Diaspora. Loved the flow and poetry of this in comparison to open waters. The storyline was such an improvement from his previous book. Caleb explores a lot of themes but my favourite is love in its many forms and also belonging. And how everyone’s individual world is different. I would highly recommend.

Poetic storytelling

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Reads like prose. Deeply moving and utterly mesmerising. I loved all the references to SE london. I couldn’t put this down.

Beautiful rhythmic use of language.

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This book spoke to my soul, I loved every word of it. He reads it beautifully.

Incredible book!

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