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The impatient : a novel / Djaili Amadou Amal ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.

Amadou Amal, Djaïli, (author.). Ramadan, Emma, (translator.). Amadou Amal, Djaïli. translation of: Impatientes. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Winner of the 2019 Orange Book Prize, The Impatients is a powerful novel about three women living in Cameroon who have grown impatient with the unrelenting oppression-patriarchy, polygamy, and the perpetual cry for patience-that dominates their lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063141629 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 162 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First HarperVia edition.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperVia, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published as Les Impatientes in France in 2020 by itions Emmanuelle Collas.
Language Note:
Translated from the French.
Subject: Forced marriage > Islamic countries > Fiction.
Patriarchy > Fiction.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Islam > Fiction.
Polygamy > Cameroon > Fiction.
Women > Abuse of > Fiction.
Women > Africa > Social conditions > Fiction.
Cameroon > Fiction.
Genre: Social problem fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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