Verdict: carrot
It doesn’t matter one bit that Lalami is retelling a story that modern historians have already had a go at. What’s important is that she’s making retelling the centre of this story. When I tweeted about this book just after I started reading it, I got the title wrong, calling it The Moor’s Tale, thinking dimly of Chaucer. Story-telling, and retelling stories in different ways, are its point. The proper title, The Moor’s Account, brings to mind the related questions of trading, owing, and owning, all central to the plot.
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- The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
EAN: 9781859644270
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