In “Japa and Other Stories,” Iheoma Nwachukwu draws inspiration from his own experiences as a Nigerian immigrant trying to orient himself in the United States.
The eight short stories in this book are full of fragmented dreams, with highly developed thieves, misadventures and displaced characters. Follow along as Nwachukwu’s characters work through human struggle to anchor themselves in new homes and new realities.
Young Nigerian immigrants sneak through Russia, become temporary Mormons and yearn for new life in strange new territories that force them to confront what it means to search for connections far from home. The Japa characters within these pages have no plans to return to their home country — for voluntary reasons — although they retain a strong connection to home.
