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Dur e Aziz Amna

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Dur e Aziz Amna is the author of American Fever, winner of the South Asian Book Award and the APALA Award for Literature. Her second novel, A Splintering, is a BBC Book Club pick, a winner of the Stanfords Award for Fiction, and a finalist for the Nota Bene Prize. Her work appears in the Financial Times, Al Jazeera, and The Drift, among others. She was selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2022 and has won the Salam Prize and the Financial Times / Bodley Head Essay Prize. She has degrees from Yale College and the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program. Born and raised in Pakistan, she currently lives in the US. ...more

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	American Fever 3.92 avg rating — 1,357 ratings — published 2022 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Splintering 4.22 avg rating — 348 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Tongue Is Still Yours: Reflections On Language 3.83 avg rating — 111 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“All I know is that the world keeps spinning, and only at the end of each night, when my head is on your shoulder, does it stop long enough for me to comprehend.”
― Dur e Aziz Amna, American Fever

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“All I’m saying is, you don’t have to roam the earth so defensively. Your existence doesn’t require anyone else’s acknowledgement.”
― Dur e Aziz Amna, American Fever

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“Again, it’s 2011 and Americans are worried about everyone else’s safety, sated in the knowledge that their nook of the world is far safer than elsewhere, although don’t tell them why that might be. History is what happens in other places. America transcends it.”
― Dur e Aziz Amna, American Fever

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