The novel “the other americans” by Moroccan Laila Lalami was named among the finalists vying for the prestigious US National Book Award 2019. Laila’s novel tells the story of Nora Guerraoui, a young composer born and raised in California by Moroccan immigrant parents Driss and Maryam. Laila Lalami’s novel is part of five shortlisted books out of 397 fiction works. The National Book Foundation will announce the winner on Nov. 20 during of a ceremony in New York. Four years later, she released “Secret Son” before launching in 2014 “The Moor’s Account” which won the American Book Award, the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 09, 2019 17:37 UTC