Desert storms

摘要

LAILA LALAMI'S debut novel, "Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits", charted the plight of four desperate Moroccans who attempt to flee their country and cross the Strait of Gibraltar in search of a better life. In "The Moor's Account" she gave voice to a real-life Moroccan slave who accompanied a Spanish conquistador on a disastrous expedition to the modern-day Gulf coast of the United States. In both books, characters learned the hard way that it is better to travel in hope than to arrive.