Laila Lalami

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Books by Laila Lalami

Secret Son on The Great Gatsby: “He took his copy of The Great Gatsby out of his briefcase and, in an accent that... sounded perfectly American, asked, 'I assume you've all read the book'”
Secret Son on The Secret Agent: chapter epigraph: JOSEPH CONRAD, The Secret Agent
The Other Americans on Rapunzel: “Nielsen to hear her read from 'Rapunzel,' but nobody wanted to sit next to me”
The Other Americans on Harry Potter: “I devoured the Harry Potter books; she'd given up on them after the first two”
The Other Americans on The Fire Next Time: “I couldn't give up her copy of The Fire Next Time on my bedside table, the margins filled with notes”
The Other Americans on The Odyssey: “before confronting a class of bored prep-school kids making their way through The Odyssey”
The Other Americans on Memory of Fire: “seeing me curled up in an armchair with a copy of Memory of Fire, came right up to me and introduced himself”
The Dream Hotel on Jane Eyre: “Sara pulls out Jane Eyre from the shelf and reads until a seat at one of the computer stations opens up”
The Dream Hotel on Kindred: “'Have you read Kindred?' 'Nope,' Eisley replies”
The Dream Hotel on The Metamorphosis and Other Stories: “An item Sara is offered in a trade among retainees — "a battered copy of The Metamorphosis and Other Stories"”