Skating To Antarctica: A Journey To The End Of The World
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ISBN : 9780060957964
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Skating to Antarctica: A Journey to the End of the World
So writes Jenny Diski of the parent she has neither seen nor heard from since 1966, the year her father died.In search of an escape from her suicidal sexually abusive parents, Diski spends her teenage years in the oblivion of heavy drug use and psychiatric wards. As an adult she finds a new haven: the boundless, blank iciness of Antarctica where everything "is colored white and filled with a singing silence."This blistering account interweaves the story of the author's journey to the end of the earth, her daughter's search for Diski's missing mother, and Diski's own search of her memory-hardened heart. About the Author Jenny Diski was born in 1947 in London, where she lived most of her life. She was the author of ten novels, five books of travel and memoir, two volumes of essays, and a collection of short stories. Her journalism appeared in the London Review of Books, among other publications. She died in Cambridge in April 2016.
Specification of Skating to Antarctica: A Journey to the End of the World
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Author | Diski, Jenny |
Binding | paperback |
Language | english |
ISBN-10 | 60957964 |
ISBN-13 | 9780060957964 |
Publisher | Ergodebooks |
Publication Year | 26-06-2001 |
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