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Author | Laila Lalami |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher |
Pantheon Books (US) Bloomsbury (UK) |
Publication date | 26 March 2019 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print ( Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 336 pp (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 978-1524747145 (hardback edition) |
The Other Americans is a mystery novel written by Moroccan American novelist Laila Lalami. The novel was published in 2019 by Pantheon Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. [1] [2] [3]
The book begins with the suspicious death of Moroccan immigrant, Driss Guerraoui, in a hit-and-run accident in a small town in California, and is told from the perspectives of nine different characters who are connected to him. [4] [5]
The novel was positively received by critics. [6] In 2019, The Other Americans was a finalist for National Book Award for Fiction, [7] and the Kirkus Prize. [8] It won the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, [9] and in 2020, it won the Arab American Book Award for Fiction. [10] The novel also made the longlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. [11]
![]() First edition (US) | |
Author | Laila Lalami |
---|---|
Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher |
Pantheon Books (US) Bloomsbury (UK) |
Publication date | 26 March 2019 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print ( Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 336 pp (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 978-1524747145 (hardback edition) |
The Other Americans is a mystery novel written by Moroccan American novelist Laila Lalami. The novel was published in 2019 by Pantheon Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. [1] [2] [3]
The book begins with the suspicious death of Moroccan immigrant, Driss Guerraoui, in a hit-and-run accident in a small town in California, and is told from the perspectives of nine different characters who are connected to him. [4] [5]
The novel was positively received by critics. [6] In 2019, The Other Americans was a finalist for National Book Award for Fiction, [7] and the Kirkus Prize. [8] It won the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, [9] and in 2020, it won the Arab American Book Award for Fiction. [10] The novel also made the longlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. [11]