The Moor's Account

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  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2015)
  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2015)
  • American Book Award (2015)
  • Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2015)
  • David J. Langum Sr. Prize Nominee for American Historical Fiction (Director's Mention) (2014)
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The Moor's Account

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ISBN: 9780804170628
Authors: Laila Lalami
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2015-08-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.03
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In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: 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.**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST****NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE****WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD**A New York Times Notable BookA Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of the YearAn NPR Great Read of 2014A Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the Year
 

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2015)
  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2015)
  • American Book Award (2015)
  • Arab American Book Award for Fiction (2015)
  • David J. Langum Sr. Prize Nominee for American Historical Fiction (Director's Mention) (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.