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 enlarge | Author: George Packer
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 36677
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0374527806
Dewey Decimal Number: 966.8104092
EAN: 9780374527808
ASIN: 0374527806
Publication Date: August 1, 2001
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Condition: New, Never read. Light shelfware to cover.
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 A moving, intelligent and insightful masterpiece August 29, 2000
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
For the longest time after reading this amazing and wonderful book I worried about George Packer - how he had gotten on, if he was successful, where he had gone, and if he had written more in the same lucid and painfully honest style he used in this autobiographical essay on his years in Togo as a Peace Corps volunteer. So it was with special joy today that I discovered not only that he's just written a major work (on American liberalism) that has been reviewed by the NY Times quite favorably, but that's he's written other works as well. Truly, Packer has an intellectual honesty that is extremely rare, coupled with an innate ability to put in words the deepest and most sincere and heartfelt feelings of Peace Corps volunteer and of those who have share the volunteer experience, particularly those among us who were blessed with service in Africa. The Village of Waiting is a "travel narrative", you might call it, that transcends the genre. Highly recommended.
The ultimate book on life in the Peace Corps August 18, 1999
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Village Of Waiting is an incredible description of life in West Africa. It captures the essence of being a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa. Anyone who has ever been or thought about being a Peace Corps Volunteer should read this book.
This is exactly what life in Togo is like! July 31, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I spent a semester of college in Togo about the same time the author was there. Five years later, I read this book. It was the most emotional book-reading experience I have ever had. Packer accurately describes all the emotions an American goes through when encountering life in West Africa. Ten years later, Packer wrote a moving addendum for the Boston Review, which is available online... Just find the Boston Review magazine website from Yahoo, and then do a search on George Packer. It's in the April/May 1994 Vol. XIX No. 2 edition of the Boston Review.
The absolute best book on the Peace Corps in West Africa ! May 7, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read the Village of Waiting before I left for the peace corps in Benin, West Africa, and then again and again while I was there. It is the most accurate description of Peace Corps service in Togo, Benin, and other West African countries that exists. This book is an absolute MUST READ for all present, past, and future Peace Corps Volunteers of West Africa. I re-read this book whenever I want to get the essence of my experience in Benin back.
One of the best Peace Corps travelogues ever written March 13, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gets at the heart of being a Peace Corps volunteer in a third world country. I've read it several times, and am trying to get another copy for a friend who will be working in Africa.
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