Award Winning Books by
DIANE JOHNSON
| In Le Divorce, Diane Johnson delightfully recounts the adventures of two sisters from California who make a modern pilgrimage to the City of Light. Pregnant and abandoned by her French husband, Roxeanne Walker de Persand turns to her younger sister, Isabel, for support, while the powerful Persand family exerts subtle but firm control over her decision whether or not to divorce. Complicatin...
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| From the author of "Le Divorce" comes another alluring, fast-paced novel of an American woman abroad. While visiting Iran with her husband, Chloe Fowler is left to travel alone when he is summoned home unexpectedly. Initially drawn to the life she encounters in Iran, Chloe soon experiences frightening events that exposes the darker side of this "colonial life" ....
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| A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the events of four crucial days in the lives of four people sharing a rambling Victorian house, "lying low" and harboring secrets not meant to be shared. Theo Wait, a middle-aged former ballet dancer, and her brother, Anton, have taken in two boarders: beautiful Lynn, who never receives mail or visitors; and energetic and effusive Ouida, a Brazil...
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Diane Johnson Award Stats |
Major Prize* Nominations |
3 |
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Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
3 |
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Pulitzer Prize Wins |
0 |
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Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
1 |
Persian Nights · |
National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
0 |
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National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
0 |
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National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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National Book Award Nominations |
2 |
Le Divorce · Lying Low · |
Man Booker Prize Wins |
0 |
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Man Booker Prize Nominations |
0 |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
0 |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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