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A New York Times Well known Book. Within this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first dark-colored explorer of America--a Moroccan slave whose testimony was overlooked of the official record. In 1527 the conquistador Pnfilo de Narvez sailed from the slot of Sanlcar de Barrameda with a staff of 600 men and almost 100 horses. His goal was to declare what's now the Gulf Shoreline of the United States for the Spanish crown and, in the process, become as rich and famous as Hernn Corts. But as soon as the Narvez expedition got in Florida, it experienced peril--navigational errors, disease, starvation, as well as level of resistance from indigenous tribes. Within a year there have been only four survivors: the expedition's treasurer, lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca; a Spanish nobleman called Alonso del Castillo Maldonado; a explorer called Andrs Dorantes de Carranza; and Dorantes' Moroccan slave, Mustafa al-Zamori, whom the three Spaniards called Estebanico. These four survivors would continue to make a voyage across America that could transform them from proud conquistadores to humble servants, from fearful outcasts to faith healers. The Moor's Bill brilliantly captures Estebanico's words and vision, presenting us an alternate narrative because of this famed expedition. As the dramatic chronicle unfolds, we come to comprehend that, contrary to public opinion, black men performed a significant part in " NEW WORLD " exploration, and Native American women and men were not simply silent witnesses to it. In Laila Lalami's deft hands, Estebanico's memoir illuminates the ways that reports can transmigrate into history, even as storytelling can offer a chance for redemption and survival.
