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The
2005 Award
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Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
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ABOUT
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| Thirty-nine-year-old
Sirine, never married, lives with a devoted Iraqi-immigrant uncle and an
adoring dog named King Babar. She works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant,
her passions aroused only by the preparation of food-until an unbearably
handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home
cooking. Falling in love brings Sirine's whole heart to a boil-stirring
up memories of her parents and questions about her identity as an Arab American.
Meanwhile, a host of magnificent characters do their best to interfere with her life: her endlessly patient and thoroughly appealing uncle, who spins a magical story about an Arab slave who escapes his masters by pretending to drown; her unrequited admirer, Nathan, an art photographer with disturbing obsessions and a dark past; and Umm Nadia, her saucy, matchmaking boss, who tells Sirine's fortune in the coffee grounds a the bottom of her cup. Crescent weaves with spellbinding magic a multi-dimensional love story set in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles. A timely introduction to the richness of Middle Eastern culture - especially as revealed in its food and its storytelling - Crescent is a sensuous love story and a gripping tale of risk and commitment. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Diana Abu-Jaber lives in Portland, Oregon, USA and teaches at Portland State University. She is the author of one previous novel, Arabian Jazz. |
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