Книга: Laila Lalami «The Moor's Account»
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In 1527, Panfilo de Narvaez Sailed from Spain with a Crew of Five Hundred Men, Intending to Claim for the Spanish Crown what is Now the Gulf Coast of the United States. But from the Moment the Expedition Reached Florida, it Met with Ceaseless Bad Luck-Storms, Disease, Starvation, Hostile Natives. Within a Year there Were Only Four Survivors, Including the Young Explorer Andres Dorantes And his Slave, Estebanico. After Six Years of Enslavement by Native Americans, the Four Men Escaped And Wandered Through what is Now Florida, Texas, New Mexico, And Arizona. The Moor's Account Brilliantly And Deftly Captures Estebanico's Voice And Vision, Giving us an Alternate Narrative for his Famed Expedition. As this Dramatic Chronicle Unfolds, we Come to Understand that, Contrary to Popular Belief, Black Men Played a Significant Part in New World Exploration, And that Native American Men And Women Were Not Merely Silent Witnesses to it. In Laila Lalami's Deft Hands, Estebanico's Memoir Illuminates... Издательство: "Vintage" (2015) Формат: 130x200, 336 стр.
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Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami (
Lalami was born and raised in
Lalami switched to writing in English in 1996. She has published literary criticism and political essays in "The
She became the first Moroccan author to publish a book of fiction with a major commercial press in the United States. [ [http://www.telquel-online.com/196/sujet4.shtml Profile] Maréchaud, Cerise.
Lalami is the recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts grant and a Fulbright Fellowship to research her new novel in Morocco. She is currently Assistant
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* [http://www.lailalalami.com Author Site]
* [http://www.lailalalami.com/blog/ Author's Blog]
* [http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/laila_lalami Lalami archive from "The Nation"]
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