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Author Condé, Maryse.

Title Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox.

Publication Info. New York : World Editions, 2021.
©2021
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2094598~S1
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 Nichols Adult Fiction  F CONDE    AVAILABLE
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Description 282 pages ; 22 cm
Note "First published as En attendant la montée des eaux in France in 2010 by JC Lattés" --Title page verso.
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"--Cover page [4].
Awards "Winner Alternative Nobel Prize ; Winner English Pen Award" --Cover.
Subject Orphans -- Fiction.
Haiti -- Fiction.
Genre Psychological fiction.
Added Author Philcox, Richard, translator.
Added Title En attendant la montée des eaux. English.
ISBN 9781642860733 (pbk.)
1642860735 (pbk.)
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