{"product_id":"japa-and-other-stories-9780820367279","title":"Japa and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapa and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIHEOMA NWACHUKWU is a fiction writer and poet. He has won fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Michener Center, and the Chinua Achebe Center. His work has been published in\u003ci\u003e Ploughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review, AGNI, Electric Literature, Crazyhorse, \u003c\/i\u003e and other venues. Nwachukwu is an assistant professor at Eastern University and lives in Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50889174647058,"sku":"9780820367279","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5944a51-6f8d-421e-8478-7ee3319f2367.jpg?v=1738160679","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/japa-and-other-stories-9780820367279","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}