Skating To Antarctica

''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 observation and vivid description of the natural world. While Diski''s writing is laconic, her images are haunting.

About the author

Jenny Diski is the author of eight novels and two memoirs: Skating to Antarctica and Stranger on a Train. She lives in Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Diski, Diski Jenny
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 20.01.2005
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
• EAN: 9781844081516
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-151-6
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions (packing): 20.1 x 13.4 x 1.6 cm
• Subjects: TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Antarctica, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, emilia clarke; Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told, Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told