Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits( )
Author: Lalami, Laila
ISBN:978-1-56512-493-6
Publication Date:Oct 2005
Publisher:Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $21.95
Book Description:

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits marks the debut of an exciting new voice in fiction. Laila Lalami evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. The book begins as four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain.What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? Theres Murad, a gentle, unemployed man whos been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, whos fleeing her...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:208
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Psychological
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.13 x 7.25 x 0.81 Inches
Book Weight:0.63 Pounds
Author Biography
Lalami, Laila (Author)
Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. She is the author of the short story collection Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits and the novels Secret Son and The Moor's Account. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in several publications including the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Guardian, and The New York Times. She is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside.

030



Featured Books

Northanger Abbey
Austen, Jane
Paperback: $7.99
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Digital online: $4.99
The Velveteen Rabbit
Williams, Margery
Paperback: $9.95

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.