01705cam a2200349 i 4500 508661826 TxGeo 20210806120000.0 210803s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781642860733 trade pbk. 1642860735 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1262662928 TxGeo rda eng fre Condé, Maryse. En attendant la montée des eaux English. Waiting for the waters to rise / Maryse Condé ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox. New York, NY : World Editions, 2021. 282 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20210817. In English. Translated from the French. Orphans Fiction. Haiti Fiction. French language materials Translations into English. Philcox, Richard, translator. QS5