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Sarah Adams, who translated Faïza Guène’s Kiffe Kiffe Demain into English interviews the author in the Guardian. (I’ve read Adams’s translation, by the way; it’s very good.) The book will be out in the U.S. next month, under the title Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow. Oh, and instead of the “voice of the suburbs,” this time Guène was called “voice of the people.” It’s becoming a cacophony.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.