From the award-winning writer, following her memoirs, Skating to Antarctica, Stranger on a Train, On Trying to Keep Still - a unique book about animal watching, out now in paperback.
Jenny Diski Knihy
8. červenec 1947 – 28. duben 2016
Jenny Diski byla britská spisovatelka, která se věnovala beletrii i odborným textům. Její díla se vyznačovala pronikavým vhledem do lidské psychiky a společenských jevů. Diski svým psaním zkoumala témata osamělosti, identity a hledání smyslu v moderním světě. Její styl byl často introspektivní a provokativní, čímž čtenáře vtahovala do hlubokých úvah.
On Trying To Keep Still
- 320 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
From the award-winning, fabulously unique writer - comes a most unusual series of journeys from Lapland to New Zealand to Somerset. Now in paperback. 'A luminous, brilliantly witty account of the trials of seeking stillnes' Joanna Kavenna, Telegraph
Jenny's pain and fury are still hot in this fascinating but uncomfortable read . Clear-sighted, defiant and written with Diski's customary furious elegance, it is a remarkable last word from a writer who survived to live and love, almost despite herself Jane Shilling, Daily Mail
Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays
- 448 stránek
- 16 hodin čtení
The best of the indomitable Jenny Diski's essays, "an injection of grade-A intellectual adrenaline" (Vulture), selected by the legendary editor Mary-Kay Wilmers.
A sequel to her novel, ONLY HUMAN hailed by the Daily Telegraph as 'Not only human, but also divine
Stranger on a Train
- 288 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
Using two cross-country trips on Amtrak as her narrative vehicles, British writer Jenny Diski connects the humming rails, taking her into the heart of America with the track-like scars leading back to her own past. As in the highly acclaimed Skating to Antarctica, Diski has created a seamless and seemingly effortless amalgam of reflections and revelation in a unique combination of travelogue and memoir.
Skating To Antarctica
- 256 stránek
- 9 hodin čtení
Skating to Antarctica' is both an intimate memoir and a captivating travelogue of a journey to the bottom of the world.
Exploring a complex love triangle, the narrative delves into the emotional turmoil when divine affection intertwines with human relationships. A man finds himself caught between his devotion to his wife and the unexpected love of God, leading to a profound examination of faith, desire, and the consequences of love that transcends earthly bounds. This poignant tale challenges the nature of love and loyalty, revealing the struggles faced when the divine intersects with the mundane.
Apology For The Woman Writing
- 282 stránek
- 10 hodin čtení
From the award-winning author of STRANGER ON A TRAIN and SKATING TO ANTARTICA, a extraordinary novel based on a real story
Nothing Natural
- 244 stránek
- 9 hodin čtení
Reissue of one of Jenny Diski's most powerful early novels, on the theme of power and collusion in a sado-masochistic relationship* New afterword from the author examining the passions her story roused in its readers schovat popis
