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Les impatientes

Djaïli Amadou Amal

First published
2017
Genre
Novel
Readership
Adult

Trois femmes. Trois voix entrelacées. Un seul mot d'ordre, transmis de mère en fille, de belle-mère en belle-fille, de génération en génération dans le Sahel…

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2017
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Paperback
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Title
Les impatientes
First published
2017
Genre
Novel · Adult
Format
Paperback
Availability
Available
Price
Paperback €20.00 · 13,000 FCFA — E-book €12.99 · 8,500 FCFA

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Trois femmes. Trois voix entrelacées. Un seul mot d'ordre, transmis de mère en fille, de belle-mère en belle-fille, de génération en génération dans le Sahel camerounais : munyal, la patience. Patienter comme vertu suprême. Patienter comme seule réponse autorisée à la douleur, à l'humiliation, au désir contrarié, à la vie confisquée.

Les Impatientes suit Ramla, Hindou et Safira à travers des mariages imposés, des cohabitations forcées, des silences qui font office de loi. Djaïli Amadou Amal construit son roman comme un tressage : trois destins distincts, trois manières d'habiter, ou de ne pas supporter, l'enfermement domestique, trois façons de résister ou de céder, sans que la résistance garantisse jamais la liberté.

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