Jenny Diski FRSL (née Simmonds, born 8 July 1947) is an English writer. Diski was educated at University College London, and worked as a teacher during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won the 2003 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking around America With Interruptions.
Jenny Diski is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books; the collections Don't and A View from the Bed include articles and essay...
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Jenny Diski FRSL (née Simmonds, born 8 July 1947) is an English writer. Diski was educated at University College London, and worked as a teacher during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won the 2003 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking around America With Interruptions.
Jenny Diski is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books; the collections Don't and A View from the Bed include articles and essays written for the publication.
Jenny Diski has been described as "proto-post-postmodern", in being an author who "sees in the belief in epistemological systems and logic, whether postmodern or otherwise, the general psychosis of postmodern societies".
"In a market where, increasingly, authors are encouraged to be reader-friendly...Diski pursue themes that make for a difficult, troubling yet fascinating read: depression, madness, sado-masochism, and chaos". However, her later writings may at times take on a more positive tone: "The warmth of...
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