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The impatient : a novel

Title
  1. The impatient : a novel / Djaïli Amadou Amal ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
  2. ©2022
Author
  1. Amadou Amal, Djaïli

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Additional authors
  1. Ramadan, Emma
Description
  1. 162 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "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"--
Uniform title
  1. Impatientes. English
Alternative title
  1. Impatientes.
Subject
  1. Forced marriage > Islamic countries > Fiction
  2. Women > Africa > Social conditions > Fiction
  3. Polygamy > Religious aspects > Islam > Fiction
  4. Women > Abuse of > Fiction
  5. Forced marriage
  6. Polygamy > Religious aspects > Islam
  7. Social conditions
  8. Women > Abuse of
  9. Women > Social conditions
  10. Marriage
  11. Living arrangements
  12. Women
  13. Gender identity
  14. Polygamy
  15. Sexual relationships
  16. Partner preference
  17. Cameroon > Social conditions > Fiction
  18. Africa
  19. Cameroon
  20. Islamic countries
Genre/Form
  1. Fiction.
  2. Novels.
Call number
  1. Sc D 23-154
Note
  1. "Originally published as Les Impatientes in France in 2020 by Éditions Emmanuelle Collas."--Title page verso.
Awards (note)
  1. Orange Foundation's Orange Book Prize in Africa, 2019.
Author
  1. Amadou Amal, Djaïli, author.
Title
  1. The impatient : a novel / Djaïli Amadou Amal ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.
Publisher
  1. New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
Copyright date
  1. ©2022
Edition
  1. First HarperVia edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Awards
  1. Orange Foundation's Orange Book Prize in Africa, 2019.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Added author
  1. Ramadan, Emma, translator.
LCCN
  1. 2022001800
ISBN
  1. 9780063141629 hardcover
  2. 0063141620 hardcover
Research call number
  1. Sc D 23-154
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