
Waiting for the Waters to Rise
Maryse Conde(Author)
World Editions (Publisher)
Published on 5. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-64286-073-3 (ISBN)
Description
Babakar is an African doctor living alone until the child Anas comes into his life. Forced to abandon his solitude, he takes her to Haiti in search of her family.
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.
'Conde puts forth the secrets and histories of a fascinating cast, producing a timeless exploration of the wounds that emerge - and linger - when people lose those who mean the most to them, be it their family, friends, or country. This faithful portrayal of grief and displacement is tough to forget.' - Publishers Weekly
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.
'Conde puts forth the secrets and histories of a fascinating cast, producing a timeless exploration of the wounds that emerge - and linger - when people lose those who mean the most to them, be it their family, friends, or country. This faithful portrayal of grief and displacement is tough to forget.' - Publishers Weekly
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64286-073-3 (9781642860733)
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Maryse Conde was born in Guadeloupe in 1937 as the youngest of eight siblings. She earned her MA and PhD in Comparative Literature at Paris-Sorbonne University and went on to have a distinguished academic career, receiving the title of Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University in New York, where she taught and lived for many years. She has also lived in various West African countries, most notably in Mali, where she gained inspiration for her worldwide bestseller Segu, for which she was awarded the African Literature Prize and several other respected French awards. Conde was awarded the 2018 New Academy Prize (or 'Alternative Nobel') in Literature as well as the 2021 Prix Mondial Cino del Duca for her oeuvre. She also received the Grand-Croix de l'Ordre national du Merite from President Emmanuel Macron in 2020.