num_pages: 197
description: A dream of a debut by turns troubling and glorious angry and wise. Junot DiazHope 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? Theres Murad a gentle unemployed man whos been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima whos 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.
language: English
title: Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
publisher: Algonquin Books