These eight brutally beautiful stories are struck full of fragmented dreams, with highly developed thieves, misadventurers, and displaced characters all heaving through a human struggle to anchor themselves in a new home or sometimes a new reality. This book is about young Nigerian immigrants who bilocate, trek through the desert, become temporary Mormons, sneak through Russia, and yearn for new life in strange new territories that force them to confront what it means to search for a connection far from home.
Japa and Other Stories came out of a struggle Iheoma Nwachukwu faced when trying to orient himself in the United States of 2017 to 2021, when attitudes toward immigrants suddenly shifted. The Japa characters explored in this book are immigrants who have no plans to return to their home country–for voluntary reasons–although they retain a strong connection to home.Author: Iheoma Nwachukwu
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 09/01/2024
Series: Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780820367279
Language: English
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