{"product_id":"the-village-of-waiting","title":"The Village of Waiting","description":"Back in print, the \"masterful\" (The New York Times Book Review) account of an American in West Africa\n\nNow 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374527806\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0374527806.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Packer, George\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42750504566845,"sku":"BVV.0374527806.A","price":5.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374527806-0.jpg?v=1764277514","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-village-of-waiting","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}