{"product_id":"the-village-of-waiting-paperback","title":"The Village of Waiting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PACKER\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e, which received several prizes and was named one of the ten best books of 2005 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Half Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCentral Square\u003c\/i\u003e, and two other works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eBlood of the Liberals\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. His play, \u003ci\u003eBetrayed\u003c\/i\u003e, ran for five months in 2008 and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eOur Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444373778739,"sku":"9780374527808","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TXFpSzNvU2pWdUpvWktDTkFNNmZEdz09.webp?v=1758938268","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-village-of-waiting-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}