Arabian Jazz
Diana Abu-Jaber. Mariner Books, $19 (392pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600048-2
A Jordanian widower and his family adjust to life in upstate New York in this impressive first novel. (June)
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Reviewed on: 05/30/1994
Genre: Fiction
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- OriginDiana Abu-JaberAbu-Jaber, who dealt with Arab-American themes in her earlier novels, Crescent and Arabian Jazz , shows her versatility in Continue reading »
- Arabian JazzDiana Abu-JaberThis promising if uneven first novel focuses on a Jordanian widower and his grown daughters as they try to make a home for themselves in upstate New York. Struggling to locate their place in American Continue reading »
- Birds of ParadiseDiana Abu-JaberAbu-Jaber's fourth novel (after Origin) is a stunning portrayal of a damaged family. Five years before, at 13, beautiful Felice Muir ran away from home and her mother, Avis, father, Brian, and older Continue reading »
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