An inspiring story of childhood, dreams and growing up.<\/b><\/p>\n
On a ubiquitous Friday evening in August, a chance encounter with Abigail, an attractive young woman Obinna, a student pharmacist in a teaching hospital in Owerri, meets for the first time, transports him back to his childhood. Over a series of conversations that lasts a day, he tells her tales from his childhood that highlights the ephemeral nature of dreams and their transient relationship. And as he narrates to Abigail the story of his family’s move to a new house and his creation of a fantastical carton country called Rome, the magic of his childhood comes alive. With each recollection, the parallel worlds of his past and present intertwine, revealing a deeply moving tale of the bittersweet journey from boyhood to adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n When God Burns A City<\/span><\/i> is an experimental, meditative and nostalgic novel about growing up, finding one\u2019s self and the necessary pain that comes with that evolution. Interwoven in every sentence is a thread of yearning, of a time when people created worlds from their dreams, and how these worlds oftentimes shrink into oblivion with the emergence of adult realities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An inspiring story of childhood, dreams and growing up. On a ubiquitous Friday evening in August, a chance encounter with Abigail, an attractive young woman Obinna, a student pharmacist in a teaching hospital in Owerri, meets for the first time, transports him back to his childhood. Over a series of conversations that lasts a day,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[347],"product_tag":[542,161,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-5431","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literary-fiction","7":"product_tag-emeka-obinna","8":"product_tag-fatima-bala","9":"product_tag-literary-fiction","10":"thb-post-share-style1","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n