Les impatientesLes impatientes

Three women, three stories, three linked destinies. This polyphonic novel traces the fate of young Ramla, torn from her love to be married to Safira's husband, while Hindu, her sister, is forced to marry her cousin. Patience! This is the one and only advice given to them by those around them, since it is unthinkable to go against Allah's will. As the Fulani proverb says: "At the end of patience, there is heaven." But the sky can turn to hell. How will these three impatient women manage to break free? Forced marriage, marital rape, consensus and polygamy: this novel by Djaïli Amadou Amal breaks taboos by denouncing the condition of women in the Sahel and delivers a moving novel on the universal question of violence against women.