{"product_id":"the-village-of-waiting-george-packer-9780374527808","title":"The Village of Waiting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in print, the \"masterful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) account of an American in West Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, \u003ci\u003eThe Village of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e is a frank, moving, and vivid account of contemporary life in West Africa. Stationed as a Peace Corps instructor in the village of Lavi  (the name means \"wait a little more\") in tiny and underdeveloped Togo, George 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Packer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374527806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374527808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"George Packer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990163194111,"sku":"9780374527808","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc5908ff-d67e-4a56-8531-050829362d70.jpg?v=1683303349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-village-of-waiting-george-packer-9780374527808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}