a narrative that braids points of view so intricately that they become one even as we're constantly reminded of the separate and often contrary strands that render the whole." - The Los Angeles Review of Books "Richly rewarding." -NPR "A bold and exhilarating bid to give a real-life figure muzzled by history the chance to have his say in fiction." - San Francisco Chronicle " rich novel based on an actual, ill-fated 16th century Spanish expedition to Florida. Laila Lalami's mesmerizing The Moor's Account presents us a historical fiction that feels something like a plural totality. The Moor's Account sheds light on all of the possible the New World exploration stories that didn't make history." - Huffington Post "Lalami has once again shown why she is one of her generation's most gifted writers." -Reza Aslan, author of Zealot "Compelling. "An exciting tale of wild hopes, divided loyalties, and highly precarious fortunes." - The New Yorker "An absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal, and much-falsified history that here, in her brilliantly imagined fiction, is rewritten to give us something that feels very like the truth." -Salman Rushdie "Stunning.
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