The Emperor of Shoes - by Spencer Wise (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><strong>"Evocative...</strong><strong><em>The Emperor of Shoes</em></strong><strong> underscores the extent to which the promise of economic opportunity still moves people across great distances on our planet...[A novel] of our times..."--</strong><strong><em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong> <p/><strong>*A Library Journal Best Debut of Summer 2018*</strong> <p/><strong>From an exciting new voice in literary fiction, a transfixing story about an expatriate in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring dramatic political change</strong> <p/>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. <p/>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?
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