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NBCC FinalistNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICEThe best of the indomitable Jenny Diski's essays, "an injection of grade-A intellectual adrenaline" (Vulture), selected by the legendary editor Mary-Kay Wilmers."Diski expanded notions about what nonfiction, as an art form, could do and could be." --New YorkerJenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Boo...

Nothing about Jenny Diski is conventional. Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring ... highly intelligent, furiously funny' Sunday Times 'She expanded notions about what nonfiction, as an art form, could do and could be' New Yorker Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books - selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, ...

A collection of essays from the late Jenny Diski, who died in 2016, selected by Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor of the "London Review Of Books". Covers subjects such as happiness, social psychology, cats, and self-absorption.

Nell'agosto del 2014 Jenny Diski riceve la diagnosi definitiva: ha un cancro inoperabile e le rimangono pochi anni di vita. Non sa come reagire, ma sa di non avere altra scelta che scriverne. E decide di raccontare per la prima volta i suoi anni con Doris Lessing, la romanziera premio Nobel che l'ha accolta in casa da adolescente. Jenny entra nella famiglia di Doris da estranea, portando con sé tutte le paure e la rabbia, le domande e l'inquie...

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Rachel ist das Idealbild der modernen, selbständigen jungen Frau. Sie wählt ihre Liebhaber nach dem Prinzip der Lustmaximierung und beendet jede Beziehung sofort, wenn sich so etwas wie Liebe einzustellen droht. Sie meint, sie habe ihre Gefühle im Griff. Da trifft sie Joshua. Er ist amüsant, aber nicht mehr ganz jung - kurz, Rachel verspricht sich nicht viel. Es kommt anders. Zwar finden ihre Treffen nach seinem Willen und nur zu seiner Befrie...

This winner of the MIND book award is both a captivating travelogue and intimate memoir about Diski's journey to Antarctica, exploring childhood, family life and memory with wit and humour. "Astonishing, harrowing, very funny, and always completely enthralling and brilliantly written." "Mail On Sunday

Jenny Diski’s prose is as sharp and steely as her imagination is wild and wondrous. When she died of cancer in April 2016, after chronicling her illness in an unforgettable series of essays in the London Review of Books, she was mourned by readers, admirers, and critics around the world, who had come to love the cool and unflinching tone that defined her singular voice. She explored the subjects of sex, power, domesticity, femininity, hysteria...

An honest memoir from the acclaimed author of "Skating To Antarctica", about living with terminal cancer and her relationship with Doris Lessing, the Nobel Prize-winning author who adopted her as a teenager.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

Follows the prize-winning memoir, "Skating To Antartica". Diski takes a trip around the perimeter of the USA by train, where she meets all kind of characters with stories to tell. "Beautifully written" "The Times

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A novel that explores the nature of belief, the boundaries between madness and sanity, revelation and delusion, and good and evil.

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