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The emperor of shoes : a novel

Title

The emperor of shoes : a novel / Spencer Wise.

Author

Wise, Spencer

Publication

Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description

328 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Alex Cohen, a twenty-six-year-old Jewish Bostonian, is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory. Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company, but as he explores the plant's vast floors and assembly lines, he comes to a grim realization: employees are exploited, regulatory systems are corrupt and Alex's own father is engaging in bribes to protect the bottom line. When Alex meets a seamstress named Ivy, his sympathies begin to shift. She is an embedded organizer of a pro-democratic Chinese party, secretly sowing dissonance among her fellow laborers. Will Alex remain loyal to his father and his heritage? Or will the sparks of revolution ignite?"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Novels.
Fiction.

Call Number

JFE 18-8670

ISBN

9781335145901
1335145907

OCLC

1037100245

Author

Wise, Spencer, author.

Title

The emperor of shoes : a novel / Spencer Wise.

Publisher

Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JFE 18-8670

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