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Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Condé Waiting
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Van Pelt - New Book Display PQ3949.2.C65 E513 2021
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- Author/Creator:
- Condé, Maryse, author.
- Standardized Title:
- En attendant la montée des eaux. English.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Orphans--Fiction.
- Orphans.
- French fiction--Translations into English.
- Haiti--Fiction.
- Haiti.
- French fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : World Editions, 2021.
- Summary:
- Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his African childhood. In his dreams, he receives visits from his blue-eyed mother and his ex-lover Azelia, both now gone, as are the hopes and aspirations he's carried with him since his arrival in Guadeloupe. Until, one day, the child Anais comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude. Anais's Haitian mother died in childbirth, leaving her daughter destitute--now Babakar is all she has, and he wants to offer this little girl a future. Together they fly to Haiti, a beautiful, mysterious island plagued by violence, government corruption, and rebellion. Once there, Babakar and his two friends, the Haitian Movar and the Palestinian Fouad, three different identities looking for a more compassionate world, begin a desperate search for Anais's family.
- Notes:
- "First published as "En attendant la montée des eaux" in France in 2010 by JC Lattès." --Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Joan Detz.
- ISBN:
- 9781642860733
- 1642860735
- 9781912987153
- 1912987155
- OCLC:
- 1201652906
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