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What does Jenny Diski know about animals? She’s really not sure. There is, however, one thing of which she is certain: our relationships with and attitudes to animals are really worth thinking...
Hardback: £16.99
Marie de Gournay was eighteen when she read, and was overwhelmed by, the essays of the French philosopher Montaigne. She had to be revived with hellebore. When she finally met Montaigne, she...
Paperback: £8.99
Jenny Diski’s attempt to keep still and mentally idle resulted in a year in which she travelled to New Zealand, spent two months almost alone in a cottage in the country and visited the Sámi...
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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 Isaac's son Jacob. ...
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'This strange and brilliant book recounts Jenny Diski's journey to Antarctica last year, intercut with another journey into her own heart and soul…a book of dazzling variety, which weaves...
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In spite of the fact that her idea of travel is to stay home with the phone off the hook, Jenny Diski takes a trip around the perimeter of the USA by train. Somewhat reluctantly she meets all kinds...
‘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 are fairies at...
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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 seeking a...
Paperback: £13.00