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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
Laila Lalami
Sensitively written with beauty and boldness, this is a gripping book about what propels people to risk their lives in search of a better future.
Algonquin Books
October 2005
Featuring: Murad; Halima; Faten
208 pages ISBN: 1565124936 Hardcover
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Contemporary
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? There’s Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who’s been reduced
to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, who’s fleeing
her drunken husband and the slums of Casablanca; Aziz, who
must leave behind his devoted wife in hope of securing work
in Spain; and Faten, a student and religious fanatic whose
faith is at odds with an influential man determined to
destroy her future.
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