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Nothing Natural
Nothing Natural centres with illuminating precision on a sado-masochistic relationship. Rachel is in her thirties, a single parent admired by her friends for her self-sufficiency …
AFTER THESE THINGS
Continuing with her narration of the story of the Patriarchs in the Book of Genesis, After These Things is an account of the relationship between Abraham's tragic son Isaac and …
Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays
NBCC FinalistNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE The best of the indomitable Jenny Diski's essays, "an injection of grade-A intellectual adrenaline" (Vulture), selected by the legendary …
Sixties: BIG IDEAS//Small Books
A brilliant, alternative take on sixties swinging London, Jenny Diski offers radical reconsiderations of the social, political, and personal meaning of that turbulent era. What was …
Allt jag inte vet om djur
Vad är det Jenny Diski inte vet om djur? Det vet hon inte riktigt. En sak vet hon dock: vårt förhållande och vår attityd till djur är det värt att titta lite närmare på. I den här …
Den sista resan
När Jenny Diski får diagnosen lungcancer med "två till tre år kvar att leva" vet hon inte hur hon ska reagera. Som författare bestämmer hon sig för att skriva om livet med …
Allt jag inte vet om djur
Vad är det Jenny Diski inte vet om djur? Det vet hon inte riktigt. En sak vet hon dock: vårt förhållande och vår attityd till djur är det värt att titta lite närmare på.I den här …
Only Human: A Divine Comedy
Having seen enough of the results of autonomy and imagination with Adam and Eve, and dull obedience in the shape of the dutiful Noah, God tried once more to infiltrate humanity by …
A View From The Bed And Other Observations
As a general rule I try to maintain a balanced and realistic approach to life. I'm convinced that the best place for a rabbit's foot is at the end of a rabbit's leg. And if there …
In Gratitude
_______________'One of the most inventive, original and disturbing writers of her generation' - Daily Telegraph'Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring In Gratitude …
Questions Concerning the Law of Nature
John Locke's untitled manuscript "Questions concerning the Law of Nature" (1664) was his only work focused on the subject of natural law, a circumstance that is especially …
Only Human: A Divine Comedy
What if God fell in love and the person was already married? A bitter story of the very first love triangle between a man, his wife, and their God First came Adam, whose fall …