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The emperor of shoes : a novel / Spencer Wise.
Van Pelt Library PS3623.I826 E47 2018
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Wise Emperor
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wise, Spencer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shoe industry--Corrupt practices--Fiction.
- Shoe industry.
- Family-owned business enterprises--China--Fiction.
- Family-owned business enterprises.
- Shoemakers--Fiction.
- Shoemakers.
- Jews, American--China--Fiction.
- Jews, American.
- Democracy--China--Fiction.
- Democracy.
- Social problems--Fiction.
- Social problems.
- Loyalty.
- Corruption.
- China.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Loyalty--Fiction.
- Guangdong Sheng (China)--Fiction.
- Guangdong Sheng (China).
- FICTION / Literary.
- FICTION / Jewish.
- FICTION / Coming of Age.
- China--Guangdong Sheng.
- Local Subjects:
- FICTION / Literary.
- FICTION / Jewish.
- FICTION / Coming of Age.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2018]
- 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?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781335145901
- 1335145907
- OCLC:
- 1037100245
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