The emperor of shoes a novel
"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 expl...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Ontario :
Hanover Square Press,
[2018]
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| 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 labo`rers. Will Alex remain loyal to his father and his heritage? Or will the sparks of revolution ignite?"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 328 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781335145901 1335145907 |
