Waiting for the waters to rise /
Condé, Maryse,
Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox. - 282 pages ; 22 cm.
First published as "En attendant la montée des eaux" in France in 2010 by JC Lattés. --Title page verso.
"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
1642860735 9781642860733
Orphans--Fiction.
Haiti--Fiction.
Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox. - 282 pages ; 22 cm.
First published as "En attendant la montée des eaux" in France in 2010 by JC Lattés. --Title page verso.
"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
1642860735 9781642860733
Orphans--Fiction.
Haiti--Fiction.