Isbn: 9781526621900 - why didn’t you just do what you were told?: essays (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 'A tonic for the soul . I was so absorbed by her writing it was unreal' Emilia Clarke?Nothing about Jenny Diski is conventional. Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring . highly intelligent, furiously funny? Sunday Times?She expanded notions about what nonfiction, as an art form, could do and could be? New YorkerJenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books ? selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, on subjects as various as death, motherhood, sexual politics and the joys of solitude ? have been described as ?virtuoso performances?, and ?small masterpieces.From Highgate Cemetery to the interior of a psychiatric hospital, from Tottenham Court Road to the icebergs of Antarctica, Why Didn?t You Just Do What You Were Told? is a collective interrogation of the universal experience from a very particular psyche: original, opinionated ? and mordantly funny.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 'A tonic for the soul . I was so absorbed by her writing it was unreal' Emilia ClarkeNothing about Jenny Diski is conventional. Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring . highly intelligent, furiously funny Sunday TimesShe expanded notions about what nonfiction, as an art form, could do and could be New YorkerJenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, on subjects as various as death, motherhood, sexual politics and the joys of solitude have been described as virtuoso performances, and small masterpieces.From Highgate Cemetery to the interior of a psychiatric hospital, from Tottenham Court Road to the icebergs of Antarctica, Why Didnt You Just Do What You Were Told? is a collective interrogation of the universal experience from a very particular psyche: original, opinionated and mordantly funny. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 3rd printing. 432pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Choose the pursuit of happiness if you really must, but there are better things to do with a life, unless freedom from difficulty is the only acceptable existence."--Jenny Diski--"was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books--selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers--on subjects as various as death, motherhood, sexual politics and the joys of solitude, have been described as 'virtuoso performances,' and 'small masterpieces.' [] From Highgate Cemetery to the interior of a psychiatric hospital, from Tottenham Court Road to the icebergs of Antarctica, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WERE TOLD? is a collective interrogation of the universal experience from a very particular psyche: original, opinionated--and mordantly funny." [jacket copy] "She expanded notions about what nonfiction, as an art form, could do and could be."--New Yorker. "Nothing about Jenny Diski is conventional. Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring . . . highly intelligent, furiously funny."--Sunday Times. "The appeal of Diski's essays was the appeal of Diski herself . . . brilliant, irritable, mordant, and humane."--Paris Review. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in an intact & stunning orange jacket. Quite presentable.…