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by Jenny Diski (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (15 Jan 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1860499953
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860499951
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 153,495 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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' poignant and beautifully written ... a profound and unsettling account of alienation' PETER PARKER presenting the J R Ackerley Award for Autobiography to JENNY DISKI 'Beautifully written' Times 'More like a memoir than a travelogue: a magical history tour' Sunday Telegraph

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A fascinating, elegantly written and often profound account of two odysseys by train around the vast emptiness of America

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5.0 out of 5 stars So much more than a travel book!, 9 Jul 2004
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This is NOT a travel book! This is people watching by words - in her unmistakeable individual style Jenny Diski 'talks' to you on such a level that you often feel like her thoughts are actually yours and you forget you are reading at all! I read this book on holiday and came home feeling more like I had been on a train in the USA for a week than on a beach! Her reminicenses of her past are touching and poignant. You finish this book feeling like this excentric, rather neurotic lady is your friend, and her journey, yours. A highly addictive book, I would recommend this to anyone who has ever found themselves transfixed by the actions of a complete stranger, no matter how mundane they may be.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Diski's Brave Exploration of The American People, 5 May 2004
Again, this book shows Jenny Diski's ability to tell a vivid, real life account, whil mixing in memories from her youth. She manages to see the positive in both cases and reminds us to learn from every experience. She inspires me to take time out to daydream and to keep an open mind.
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Loved this. Picked it up at random in the library and as soon as I finished it I went back to borrow Nothing Natural which I enjoyed just as much! There was something in both books that really spoke to me. Am about to start reading Like Mother, hope it's just as good!
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