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Skating to Antarctica
Jenny Diski
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Description for Skating to Antarctica
Paperback. 'Skating to Antarctica' is both an intimate memoir and a captivating travelogue of a journey to the bottom of the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
'I was so absorbed by her writing it was unreal . . . I find myself hungry to find the next morsel of who Jenny was and what her life was like' EMILIA CLARKE (on Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?)
This strange and brilliant book recounts Jenny Diski's journey to Antarctica, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
182 g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844081516
SKU
V9781844081516
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About 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.
Reviews for Skating to Antarctica
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 survival. I relished her sketches of ship routine, solemn penguins and bored soldiers … Diski has a grea
Helen Dunmore, Express
'A non-fiction masterpiece.’
She
'This extraordinary account ... Read more
'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 survival. I relished her sketches of ship routine, solemn penguins and bored soldiers … Diski has a grea
Helen Dunmore, Express
'A non-fiction masterpiece.’
She
'This extraordinary account ... Read more