The other Americans
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New York : Pantheon Books, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
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301 pages ; 25 cm
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION LALAMI 2019
2 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION LALAMI 2019
1 available

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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Moors Account, here is a timely and powerful novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrantat once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant living in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraouis daughter Nora, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; his widow, Maryam, who still pines after her life in the old country; Efraín, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, an old friend of Nora's and an Iraq War veteran; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son's secrets; Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family; and the murdered man himself. As the charactersdeeply divided by race, religion, and classtell their stories, connections among them emerge, even as Drisss family confronts its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, messy and unpredictable, is born.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lalami, L. (2019). The other Americans (First edition.). Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lalami, Laila, 1968-. 2019. The Other Americans. Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lalami, Laila, 1968-. The Other Americans Pantheon Books, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lalami, Laila. The Other Americans First edition., Pantheon Books, 2019.

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