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Waiting for the waters to rise
- Title
- Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox.
- Author
- Condé, Maryse
- Publication
- New York : World Editions, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Philcox, Richard
- Description
- 282 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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 Anaïs comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude."--Back cover
- Uniform Title
- En attendant la montée des eaux. English
- Alternative Title
- En attendant la montée des eaux.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Guadeloupe fiction (French)
- Fiction.
- Note
- "First published as En attendant la montée des eaux in France in 2010 by JC Lattés"--Title page verso.
- Language (note)
- Translated from French.
- Awards (note)
- Winner, English Pen Award
- Winner, Alternative Nobel Prize
- Call Number
- Sc D 22-259
- ISBN
- 9781642860733
- 1642860735
- OCLC
- 1262662928
- Author
- Condé, Maryse, author.
- Title
- Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox.
- Publisher
- New York : World Editions, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Translated from French.
- Awards
- Winner, English Pen AwardWinner, Alternative Nobel Prize
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Philcox, Richard, translator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 22-259