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| Author | Laila Lalami |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
Publication date | 9 September 2014 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 pp (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0307911667 (hardback edition) |
The Moor's Account is a novel by Laila Lalami. It was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist in 2015.[1][2]
The Moor's Account is a fictional memoir of Estebanico, the Moroccan slave who survived the Narvaez expedition and accompanied Cabeza de Vaca. He is widely considered to be the first African explorer of America, but little is known about his early life except for one line in Cabeza de Vaca's chronicle: "The fourth [survivor] is Estebanico, an Arab Negro from Azamor."
- ^ "2015 Finalists". Columbia University. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Book Review: 'The Moor's Account'". NPR. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.