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The Village of Waiting

by George Packer
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Now restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, The Village of Waiting is a frank, moving, and vivid account of contemporary life in West Africa. Stationed as a Peace Corps instructor in the village of Lavié (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.

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  • Release date

    September 4, 2024

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781466894495
      • File size: 753 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781466894495
      • File size: 1311 KB

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  • Languages

    • English

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English