The Moor's Account - Laila Lalami

n**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST** n**NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE** n**WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD** nA New York Times Notable Book nA Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of the Year nAn NPR Great Read of 2014 nA Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the Year n n 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.

n nAs 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.n