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Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlf...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past. Though he is navigating the busy parts of town, the impression of countless faces does nothing to assuage his feelings of isolation. But it is not only a physical landscape he covers; Julius crisscrosses social territory as well, encountering people from different cultures and classes who will provide insight on his journey -- which takes him to Brussels, to the Nigeria of his youth, and into the most unrecognizable facets of his own soul. |
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| Physical Description: | 259 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781400068098 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 1400068096 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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