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The Moor's Account

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by Laila Lalami
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Availability:In StockContributor:Laila LalamiPublish date:2015-08-18Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780804170628ISBN-10:804170622UPC:9780804170628Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Action & AdventureSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCNNBXVZEX
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - The imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America--this "stunning [book] sheds light on all of the possible the New World exploration stories that didn't make history" (Huffington Post).

In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the invented memoirs Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive.

As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history--and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780804170628ISBN-10:804170622UPC:9780804170628Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Action & AdventureSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCNNBXVZEX

Laila Lalami is the author of the short story collection Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and the novel Secret Son, which was on the Orange Prize long list. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Guardian, and The New York Times, and in many anthologies. She is the recipient of a British Council Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Lannan Residency Fellowship and is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles.

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