"Literatura francesa Siglo XX." . . "Africa" . . . . "Novela francesa Siglo XX." . . "Africa, West" . . "Novels." . . . . "Hérémakhonon : inédit" . . . . . . "Heremakhonon" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Heremakhonon : a novel"@en . "Heremakhonon : a novel" . . . "De pelgrimage van Veronica : roman" . . . "Heremakhonon = Wacht op het geluk" . . "Atlases" . "HEREMAKHONON" . . . "Hérémakhonon : a novel" . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . "Hérémakhonon" . . . "Wacht op geluk" . "Romans (teksten)" . . "Heremakhonon (wacht op het geluk)" . "Political fiction" . . . . . . "Vertalingen (vorm)" . "Nouadhibou is a jumping off point from West Africa to Europe and the Americas. Its inhabitants, many recently arrived or preparing to leave, all hope for a better future, a longing summed up by the title (translation: Waiting for Happiness). Abdallah comes to visit his mother before emigrating to Europe. Unable to speak the local dialect, he keeps to himself, observing the villagers from a distance, reading and watching French TV. The orphan boy, Khatra, apprentice and adoptive son to waits for and fears Maata's death, the moment when he'll be his own master. A Chinese immigrant gives voice to the feeling of permanent exile. But amid this rootlessness, strong traditions live on. [The book] embraces the rhythms of a patient people, while the dreamlike passage of time and windswept desert locale create an aura of comforting timelessness, broken only by an exploding lightbulb or a sudden death. Maybe, muses Sissako, Waiting is actually the happiness.-http://www.facesea.org." . . . "Een in Frankrijk wonende Antilliaanse vrouw gaat in Afrika op zoek naar haar afkomst." . . "Hérémakhonon a novel"@en . "Hérémakhonon a novel"@es . . "Heremakhonon : wacht op geluk" . . . . . .