The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse CondéRequirements: .ePUB readers, RetailOverview: A miracle baby is born on Easter Sunday, rumored to be the child of God. Award-winning Caribbean author Maryse Condé follows his journey in search of his origins and mission. One Easter Sunday, Madame Ballandra puts her hands together and exclaims: “A […]
Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.6 MBOverview: 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 […]
Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 990 kBOverview: ‘An extraordinary storyteller’ Bernardine Evaristo ‘People say that on the first night Francis Sancher spent in Rivière au Sel the wind in its temper screamed down from the mountains…’ Francis Sancher always said he would come to an unnatural end. So when […]
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator), Angela Y. Davis Requirements: .PDF reader, 5.8 MBOverview: "Stunning… Maryse Condé’s imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critique of contemporary American society and its ingrained racism and sexism."—THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE At the age of seven, Tituba watched as her mother was […]
Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.6 MBOverview: 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 […]