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The Village of Waiting 1. utgave
George Packer
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The Village of Waiting 1. utgave
George Packer
Now restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, this book is a frank, moving, and vivid account of contemporary life in West Africa. Stationed as a Peace Corps instructor in the village of Lavié (the name means "wait a little more") in tiny and underdeveloped Togo, Packer reveals his own schooling at the hands of an unforgettable array of townspeople--peasants, chiefs, charlatans, children, market women, cripples, crazies, and those who, having lost or given up much of their traditional identity and fastened their hopes on "development," find themselves trapped between the familiar repetitions of rural life and the chafing monotony of waiting for change.
Media | Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg) |
Utgitt | 1. august 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780374527808 |
Utgivere | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Antall sider | 336 |
Mål | 138 × 23 × 207 mm · 408 g |
Språk | Engelsk |
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