Ebook {Epub PDF} The Moors Account by Laila Lalami

The Moor’s Account. In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record. In , the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez sailed from the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda with a crew of six hundred men and nearly a hundred horses. The Moor's Account Summary and Study Guide. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “The Moor's Account” by Laila Lalami. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. The Moor’s Account () is a fictionalized .  · The first part of the novel consists of chapters in the al. The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami is a fictional account loosely based on the expedition from Spain to Florida of conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez. The goal was to conquer land, claim it 4/5.

The Moor's account/ Laila Lalami. ISBN (hard cover: alk. paper). ISBN (e-book). 1. Narváez, Pánfilo de, —Fiction. 2. Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez, active 16th century—Fiction. 3. America—Early accounts to —Fiction. Finalist: The Moor's Account, by Laila Lalami (Pantheon) Share: Twitter Facebook Email A creative narrative of the ill-fated 16th Century Spanish expedition to Florida, compassionately imagined out of the gaps and silences of history. Book Review: The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami The Moor's Account takes you on an unforgettable journey following the Spanish conquest of what is now Florida. The conquistadors search for the evasive land of gold, embarking on a trek which leads them into numerous confrontations with indigenous tribes and which, ultimately, most of them.

Sunday, Novem. THE MOOR'S ACCOUNT by Laila Lalami. The imagined memoir Mustafa ibn Muhammad, Laila Lalami’s Moor’s Account gives voice to Mustafa, the first slave in the New World and the fourth survivor of the Navárez expedition. Telling the tale of his life in the New World, Mustafa carefully traces and details extreme travail the four of them faced in the New World. Transcript. In The Moor's Account, Laila Lalami tells the story of a 16th Century expedition in the New World from a slave's perspective. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In the 16th century, a Spanish.