The Vanishing Princess is another vital stop on Jenny Diski's journey for meaning and beauty in her prolific writing, one that feels as fresh and necessary as if it were brand-new. Longtime fans of Diski and those who have discovered her since her death will find much to treasure here, in her only short story collection, released in the US for the very first time.

In 'Short Curcuit,' the author mines her own bouts in and out of mental institutions outside London to question whether those we think are mad are really the sanest among us. 'Bathtime' tells the story of a woman's life through her attempts to build the perfect bathtub, chasing an elusive moment of peace.

In a Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale turned on its head, a miller's daughter rises to power and wealth to rule over her kingdom and outwit the title villain. Unwrap a complete list of books by Jenny Diski and find books available for swap. The stories in The Vanishing Princess showcase a rarely seen side of this beloved writer, channeling both the piercing social examination of her nonfiction and the vivid, dreamlike landscapes of her novels. In a cool and unflinching tone that came to define her singular voice, she explored the subjects of sex, power, domesticity, femininity, hysteria, and loneliness with humor and honesty, When she died of cancer in April 2016, after chronicling her illne. When she died of cancer in April 2016, after chronicling her illness in strikingly honest essays in the London Review of Books, readers, admirers, and critics around the world mourned the loss. Jenny Diskis prose is as sharp and steely as her imagination is wild and wondrous. Jenny Diski's prose is as sharp and steely as her imagination is wild and wondrous. In 1963, Jennifer Simmonds was a difficult, scared 15-year-old: the boarding school to which she had been sent by the local council had expelled her, she had run away from her parents (who had. : The Vanishing Princess: Stories (Art of the Story) (9780062685711) by Diski, Jenny and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible. 'Mordant and talon-sharp.' -Dwight Garner, New York Times, on Jenny Diski The only story collection from the beloved Jenny Diski-darkly funny, subversive, sexy, and eccentric tales from one of the most original and intelligent voices of our time

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