Moroccan-American Novelist Laïla Lalami's "The Other Americans" Shortlisted for National Book Award
Novelist Laïla Lalami is on a roll. With her novel, "The Other Americans", a masterpiece in English literature, she is the finalist for the prestigious "National Book Award" 2019, which took place in the United States.
This book, published in the spring by Pantheon New York/Penguin Random House, had been widely acclaimed by critics as one of the "most anticipated" books of 2019.
The writer’s novel is one of the five selected out of a total of 397 applications. The authors of the five selected works, for various criteria, will learn their fate on November 20 during a ceremony in New York.
The Moroccan novelist must defend her pen against four other authors, including the 2015 "Booker Prize" laureate, Marlon James for "Black Leopard, Red Wolf", Susan Choi, a "Pulitzer Prize" finalist, for "Trust Exercise", and two other debut writers who, according to the newspaper, represent the hope of the literature of their country.
They are Kali Fajardo-Anstine, with the novel "Sabrina & Corina: Stories", and Julia Phillips, with her work "Disappearing Earth".
But what is Laïla Lalami’s novel about to force the admiration of a highly coveted contest? This fourth novel tells the story of a Moroccan immigrant living in the United States.
But he was unlucky, as he was killed by a car while crossing a poorly lit intersection. The novel features characters deeply divided by ethnicity, religion and social class.
