The emperor of shoes
Subtitle: a novel
By: Spencer Wise
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781335145901
Subjects: Shoemakers; Democracy; Family-owned business enterprises; Corrupt practices; Loyalty; Fathers and sons; Social problems; American Jews; Fiction; Shoe industry
Description: "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?"--