false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172448343m/177411.jpg 177411 2 <div>Now restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, this book 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, 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. <br></div> 171384 1990 The Village of Waiting total:88|5:24|4:43|3:17|2:4|1:0| 88 351 153 19 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 19:29:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:33:43 -0700 2009
This could be why I took to the work in the way that I did. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 29 19:06:21 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 14:18:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 10:08:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 10:09:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 15:38:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:08:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 06:52:36 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 10:13:06 -0700 2009 I'd picked up a bunch of Peace Corp books about a month ago to research some short stories, but I had no idea I'd be so very enthralled. My current conversational limits are centered around Togo, Africa. Interesting and engaging.]]> 4 0 true false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Jun 02 11:50:29 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 11:50:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 05:45:02 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 05:47:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Aug 17 10:12:25 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 10:14:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 14:42:02 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:12:58 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 07 14:44:36 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 15:03:53 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Dec 11 11:17:16 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 11:17:54 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Mar 05 17:19:39 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 17:20:25 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 19:19:42 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:25:23 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 11:57:25 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 08:31:54 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Apr 15 08:05:10 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 08:05:30 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jul 27 21:41:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 15:34:24 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Mar 14 08:25:33 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 19 08:37:07 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Mar 02 17:39:14 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:39:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 21:22:24 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 21:23:08 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:53:53 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:54:28 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=177411