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Waiting for the Waters to Rise -
by Conde, Maryse
- Used
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Details
- Title Waiting for the Waters to Rise
- Author Conde, Maryse
- Condition Used - Good
- Publisher World Editions LLC
- Bookseller's Inventory # 41835882-6
- ISBN 9781642860733
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
From the publisher
From the rear cover
A mesmerizing novel from the winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature
Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his childhood in Mali. 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 Anas comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude. Anas'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 Anas's family.
"Maryse Cond's prodigious fictional universes are founded on a radical and generative disregard for boundaries based on geography, religion, history, race, and gender."
ANGELA Y. DAVIS
"Maryse Cond is a treasure of world literature, writing from the center of the African diaspora with brilliance and a profound understanding of all humanity."
RUSSELL BANKS
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Citations
- Foreword, 06/26/2021, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 06/21/2021, Page 0