A Place Beyond the Heart
by Irehobhude O. Iyioha
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A Place Beyond the Heart is a collection of short stories exploring issues at the intersection of war and love, terror and (dis)order, as well as identity, gender, and sexuality. The stories capture the lives of people facing personal, societal and transcultural challenges that define, transform, and ultimately create shifts in the way they see and experience the world.
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A Place Beyond the Heart explores motley shades of yearning and nuances of pain arising from social spaces, whether it is refugee precarity, maternal agony, suffering progeny, marital fissures, or lovers' distrust. In sliver-thin, lucent prose edged with quiet humor, Ireh presents us with resonant intimations of the pain from war, disability, morbidity, estrangement, interracial intimacy, gender and bodily differences. Each story in Ireh's debut collection unfolds stealthily but with delightful force. - Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, author of there's more
Author Biography
Irehobhude O. Iyioha's short stories have appeared in Harvard University's Transition Magazine, UK's Litro Magazine, the Canadian Maple Tree Literary Supplement, as well as in published anthologies. She was long-listed for the Writers' Union of Canada's 22nd Annual Short Fiction Competition (2015) for the short stories 'brave' and 'transatlantic', both of which are included in this collection, longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize 2021, shortlisted for the BPA First Novel Award, UK, and received a Special Commendation from the Caine Prize 2016, London, UK for the short story, This Time It Will Be All Right. She studied English and Literature for a year before obtaining a doctorate in law. Ireh Iyioha lives in Victoria, Canada
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- Publisher/Imprint Griots Lounge Publishing / Griots Lounge
- Publication Date August 2024
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781738699339
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 18.98 USD
- Pages230
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Titleeng
- Original Language Authorseng
- Copyright Year2024
- Page size5.25 x 8 inches (8x5.25) inches
