The other Americans / Laila Lalami.
| Author/creator | Lalami, Laila, 1968- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Pantheon Books, [2019] |
| Description | 301 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of The Moor's Account--a timely and powerful new novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, all of it informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Nora Guerraoui, a jazz composer, returns home to a small town in the Mojave after hearing that her father, owner of a popular restaurant there, has been killed in a suspicious hit-and-run car accident. Told by multiple narrators--Nora herself, Jeremy (the Iraq war veteran with whom she develops an intimacy), widow Maryam, Efrain (an immigrant witness to the accident who refuses to get involved for fear of deportation), Coleman (the police investigator), and Driss (the dead man himself), The Other Americans deftly explores one family's secrets and hypocrisies even as it offers a portrait of Americans riven by race, class, and religion, living side by side, yet ignorant of the vicissitudes that each tribe, as it were, faces"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | Nora Guerraoui, a jazz composer, returns home to a small town in the Mojave after hearing that her father, owner of a popular restaurant there, has been killed in a suspicious hit-and-run car accident. Nora develops an intimacy with Jeremy, an Iraq war veteran. Along with the widow Maryam; Efrain, an immigrant witness to the accident; Coleman,the police investigator, and Driss--the dead man himself-- Nora explores secrets and hypocrisies in a society riven by race, class, and religion. -- adapted from jacket |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lalami, Laila, 1968- Other Americans. First edition. New York : Pantheon Books, [2019] 9781524747152 |
| Genre/form | Suspense fiction. |
| Genre/form | Thrillers (Fiction) |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Suspense fiction. |
| Genre/form | Love stories. |
| LCCN | 2018034022 |
| ISBN | 9781524747145 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1524747149 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | 9780307911667 (hard cover) |
| ISBN | 0307911667 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3612 .A543 O84 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |