Stranger on a Train - by Jenny Diski (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Using two cross-country trips on Amtrak as her narrative vehicles, British writer Jenny Diski connects the humming rails, taking her into the heart of America with the track-like scars leading back to her own past. As in the highly acclaimed Skating to Antarctica, Diski has created a seamless and seemingly effortless amalgam of reflections and revelation in a unique combination of travelogue and memoir.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Distinctly Nabokovian. . .Funny, surprising and harrowing, <i>Stranger on a Train </i>delivers the kind of adventure travel we will always need: its discoveries aren't new places but fresh new ways of seeing old ones." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"<i>Stranger on a Train</i> is not only a fun book (how un-British), it is an important book." --<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> <p/>"A dream of a writer...[<i>Stranger on a Train</i>] does what the best travel literature does: It takes you somewhere. . . lovely." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"A strange and wonderful journey that reads like a synthesis of Sylvia Plath, Martin Amis and the new journalism of John McPhee." --<i>The Times (London)</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Jenny Diski</b>'s previous nonfiction work includes<i> Skating to Antarctica</i>. Her most recent novel is <i>Only Human</i>. She lives in Cambridge, England.</p>
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