Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Conde

Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Conde

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 Anaü¾™¦”¼s comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude. Anaü¾™¦”¼s'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 Anaü¾™¦”¼s's family.

Maryse Condü¾Ž–”¼'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 Condü¾Ž–”¼ is a treasure of world literature, writing from the center of the African diaspora with brilliance and a profound understanding of all humanity.
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