Diski, Jenny
Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America
- ISBN 13:
- 9781860499951
- author:
- Diski, Jenny
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Virago
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 200mm X 131mm
- Genre:
- Biography: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Jenny Diski's journey takes her on a trip around the USA by train, a journey that is as much about her own personal history as it is about the country she's visiting. As she travels, she reflects on the familiar landscape of America, one that she's known from films and television, but also finds herself drawn to the stranger's stories and the strange landscapes they inhabit. Along the way, Diski grapples with the pleasures and pitfalls of modern life, including the decline of smoking and the changing nature of solitude and friendship. Her own past experiences in psychiatric hospitals are woven throughout the narrative, adding depth and complexity to her observations on the human condition. As she travels, Diski finds herself drawn to the idea of the stranger, someone who is both familiar and strange, and whose stories can teach us about ourselves and the world around us.
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