The emperor of shoes : a novel

Title
  1. The emperor of shoes : a novel / Spencer Wise.
Published by
  1. Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2018]
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Wise, Spencer

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Description
  1. 328 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "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?"--
Subject
  1. Jews, American
  2. Democracy
  3. Family-owned business enterprises
  4. Fathers and sons
  5. Social problems
  6. Loyalty
  7. FICTION / Jewish
  8. Fathers and sons > Fiction
  9. Guangdong Sheng (China) > Fiction
  10. Jews, American > China > Fiction
  11. Fiction
  12. Social problems > Fiction
  13. Novels
  14. Loyalty > Fiction
  15. FICTION / Literary
  16. FICTION / Coming of Age
  17. Democracy > China > Fiction
  18. Shoe industry > Corrupt practices > Fiction
  19. China > Guangdong Sheng
  20. Shoemakers > Fiction
  21. Family-owned business enterprises > China > Fiction
Genre/Form
  1. Novels.
  2. Fiction.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-8670
Author
  1. Wise, Spencer, author.
Title
  1. The emperor of shoes : a novel / Spencer Wise.
Publisher
  1. Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2018]
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
ISBN
  1. 9781335145901 (hbk.)
  2. 1335145907 (hbk.)
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-8670
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