{"product_id":"the-stone-breakers-a-classic-novel-of-labor-resistance-9781639640034","title":"The Stone Breakers: A Classic Novel of Labor Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE STONE-BREAKERS, set in an imagined contemporary African country is a gripping novel told from a unique second person point-of-view of the uprising of a group of women stone crushers at a gravel pit, who rise up against their corporate bosses to demand higher wages for their labor--a gruelling process of break rocks down to gravel-size bits to be used as road surfacing for the expansion of the country's airport. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat begins as a village protest escalates to a state-wide rebellion that confronts the corrupt leadership and challenges the status quo set by the government and the mining corporations.\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2010, this classic novel of labor resistance, is published for the first time in the English language, will draw comparisons to the works of Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri and Imbolo Mbue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schaffner Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639640034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 355","brand":"Sara Hanaburgh, Emmanuel Dongala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112116682933,"sku":"9781639640034","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a4a75b85-1f6a-40e8-9505-d3fa592cbbc2.jpg?v=1693929055","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-stone-breakers-a-classic-novel-of-labor-resistance-9781639640034","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}