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All the books by Diane Johnson adapted to cinema and television

Diane Johnson is known for being the author of the book Le Divorce, first published in 1997, which was adapted to cinema by James Ivory in 2003.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Le divorce. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Le Divorce
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Le Divorce
Diane Johnson, 1997
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Le divorce
James Ivory, 2003

Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her sister Roxy, a poet who lives with her husband, Frenchman Charles-Henri de Persand, and their young daughter. Roxy is pregnant, but her husband has just walked out on her without explanation. Isabel discovers that he has a mistress, a Russian woman, whom he intends to marry after securing a divorce from Roxy.