Description
* Winner of the American Book Award * Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 * A Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction * 'An absorbing story' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Rich, vivid and gripping' GUARDIAN 'Feels at once historical and contemporary' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW In 1527, hundreds of settlers arrived on the coast of modern-day Florida and claimed the region for Spain. Within a year of navigational errors, disease, starvation and fierce resistance from indigenous tribes, only four survivors remained. Three were nobleman, whose stories found their way into the official record. The fourth was known only as Estebanico, a vibrant merchant from Barbary forced into slavery and a new name, reborn as the first African explorer of the Americas. This is his story: a journey across the great swathes of the New World, where would-be conquerors are transformed into humble servants, fearful outcasts into healers, and the silenced into storytellers.
A new edition of a masterful, multi-award-winning work of historical fiction that imagines the memoirs of the first black explorer of America
About the Author
Laila Lalami was born in Morocco. She the author of four novels, including The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and The Other Americans, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The Nation, Harper's, Washington Post, and New York Times. She has received fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles.
Reviews
An absorbing story . . . brilliantly imagined . . . feels very like the truth -- Salman Rushdie
The Moor's Account is more than a good story, it's a great one: rich, vivid and gripping * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781526650153
Author Laila Lalami
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
A new edition of a masterful, multi-award-winning work of historical fiction that imagines the memoirs of the first black explorer of America
About the Author
Laila Lalami was born in Morocco. She the author of four novels, including The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and The Other Americans, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The Nation, Harper's, Washington Post, and New York Times. She has received fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles.
Reviews
An absorbing story . . . brilliantly imagined . . . feels very like the truth -- Salman Rushdie
The Moor's Account is more than a good story, it's a great one: rich, vivid and gripping * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781526650153
Author Laila Lalami
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
