Diane Johnson





Diane Johnson

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in The United States
April 28, 1934

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Diane Johnson (born April 28, 1934) is an American born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.

Born in Moline, Illinois, Johnson's recent books include L'Affaire (2004), Le Mariage (2000), and Le Divorce (1997) for which she was a National Book Award finalist and the winner of the California Book Awards gold medal for fiction.



Average rating: 3.22 · 8,212 ratings · 1,057 reviews · 46 distinct works · Similar authors
Le Divorce
2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 2,917 ratings — published 1997 — 25 editions
Le Mariage
2.98 of 5 stars 2.98 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions
Lulu in Marrakech
2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 577 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
L'Affaire
2.84 of 5 stars 2.84 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions
Persian Nights
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
Into A Paris Quartier: Rein...
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
The Shadow Knows
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions
Lying Low
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
Dashiell Hammett
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
Health and Happiness
2.98 of 5 stars 2.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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September 2008, Diane Johnson
"Rather more directly than usual, though I think of all my novels — and maybe all novels — as political in some sense. My immediate interest was engaged by living part of the year in France, where there is a large Muslim population" ...More

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“Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow.”
Diane Johnson

“Men are generally more law-abiding than women. Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them. ”
Diane Johnson

“It didn't seem fair that you could not prevent being the object of other people's emotions, you were not safe from their hate--or from their love, for that matter. You were never safe from being invaded by their feelings when you wanted only to be rid of them, free, off, away.”
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