Laila Lalami

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

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“A dream of a debut, by turns troubling adn glorious, angry and wise.” —Junot Diaz
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. As four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain, author Laila Lalami asks, 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. 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.
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  • Dasha Miskevichhas quoted7 years ago
    and he wondered how fourteen kilometers could separate not just two countries but two universes
  • Dasha Miskevichhas quoted7 years ago
    Moroccan beach town like Asilah or Cabo Negro
  • Dasha Miskevichhas quoted7 years ago
    worth it. Some days he told himself that the distance was nothing, a brief inconvenience, that the crossing would take as little as thirty minute

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