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1 Diski, Jenny Skating to Antarctica Granta Books 1998 1-86207-049-0 / 9781862070493 Paperback  I savoured her clarity, the clipped, astringent truthfulness of her prose,the ice-and-lemon of her universal agnosticism.In Skating to Antartica Diski 'works out' a lot of the issues that she refers to with calm reflection in her later offerings. I read Stranger on a Train prior to this book and found her healthy detachment from her past quitefascinating. Now I have realised, by reading Skating, how she got to that place of healthy detachment. This book works through some horrific periods of her life with a touch of the blase; which can be shocking to those who picked this up as a travel book. This tremendous journey is interspersed withflashes from her past and the life she left back in England - This is a journey that took the author miles; emotionally and physically - and it willtake you there too if you allow yourself to follow Diski's rather disorganised yet enchanting style of writing.Her best and most moving book to date ... sassy and vulnerable.Paperback - 1998 - good condition, 1-86207-049-0 - ladylisabooks - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide.Isbn 1862070490.  Price: 5.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart