Skating To Antarctica
$26.57
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2005
Summary
This strange and brilliant book recounts Jenny Diski’s journey to Antarctica last year, intercut with another journey into her own heart and soul…a book of dazzling variety, which weaves disquisitions on indolence, truth, inconsistency, ambiguousness, the elephant seal, Shackleton, boredom and over and over again memory, into a sparse narrative, caustic observation and vivid description of the natural world. While Diski’s writing is laconic, her images are haunting.
— Elspeth Barker, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844081516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844081516 |
| Author: | Jenny Diski |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2005 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 134mm x 201mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
Observer - ‘Skating to Antarctica is a fascinating, moving account of two voyages . Diski’s book shines out for its wit, lack of self-pity and strong interest in
Helen Dunmore, Express - ‘A non-fiction masterpiece.’She - ‘This extraordinary account of a journey to the most barren outer reaches of the planet becomes a beautiful, complex symbol: it’s a voyage of self-disAbout The Author
Jenny Diski
Jenny Diski is the author of eight novels and two memoirs: Skating to Antarctica and Stranger on a Train. She lives in Cambridge.
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