Diana Abu-Jaber





Diana Abu-Jaber

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The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs


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Diana Abu-Jaber is the author of Crescent, which was awarded the 2004 PEN Center USA Award for Literary Fiction and the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award and was named one of the twenty best novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor, and Arabian Jazz, which won the 1994 Oregon Book Award and was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award.

She teaches at Portland State University and divides her time between Portland and Miami.





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Crescent Crescent
by Diana Abu-Jaber
avg rating 3.87 — 391 ratings — published 2003
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The Language of Baklava: A Mem... The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
by Diana Abu-Jaber
avg rating 4.04 — 227 ratings — published 2005
3 editions
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Origin: A Novel Origin: A Novel
by Diana Abu-Jaber
avg rating 3.54 — 249 ratings — published 2007
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Arabian Jazz: A Novel Arabian Jazz: A Novel
by Diana Abu-Jaber
avg rating 3.45 — 101 ratings — published 1995
4 editions
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"'Marry, don't marry,' Auntie Aya says as we unfold layers of dough to make an apple strudel.

'Just don't have your babies unless it's absolutely necessary.'

'How do I know if it's necessary?'

She stops and stares ahead, her hands gloved in flour. 'Ask yourself, Do I want a baby or do I want to make a cake? The answer will come to you like bells ringing.' She flickers her fingers in the air by her ear. 'For me, almost always, the answer was cake.'"
Diana Abu-Jaber (The Language of Baklava: A Memoir)
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"When Matussem Ramoud opened his eyes each morning, his wife would still not be there. "
Diana Abu-Jaber (Arabian Jazz: A Novel)
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"Sometimes when she lies awake her body feels as finey made as a tuning fork. She can hear and smell the most delicate things, the smell and music of thought itself."
Diana Abu-Jaber (Crescent)
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