EMPEROR OF SHOES ORIGINAL/E

EvocativeThe Emperor of Shoes underscores the extent to which the promise of economic opportunity still moves people across great distances on our planet[A novel] of our timesNew York Times Book Review. *A Library Journal Best Debut of Summer 2018*. From an exciting new voice in literary fiction a transfixing story about an expatriate in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring dramatic political change. 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 plants vast floors and assembly lines he comes to a grim realization: employees are exploited regulatory systems are corrupt and Alexs 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?