{"product_id":"drawing-the-map-of-heaven-tanure-ojaide-9789788422525","title":"Drawing the Map of Heaven. an African Writer in America","description":"The celebrated Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide relates here his experience of living in the United States where he has been based teaching and writing since 1996. Drawing the Map of Heaven picks up where his earlier memoir, Great Boys. An African Childhood which charted his upbringing in Nigeria by his Grandmother, left off. Less a purely personal tale and more a story of the many other African immigrants in the United States Ojaide in the text uses \"we\" to speak collectively for a traditionally communal society now residing in an individualistic setting. As much a reflection of an African background as an American experience Drawing the Map of Heaven is a unique portrait of the African in the United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tanure Ojaide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788422527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789788422525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Malthouse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Tanure Ojaide","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079684518143,"sku":"9789788422525","price":45.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c7e64c0-84c8-4aab-92f9-3b73fd9ac2b0.jpg?v=1685482544","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drawing-the-map-of-heaven-tanure-ojaide-9789788422525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}