Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"Distinctly Nabokovian. . .Funny, surprising and harrowing,
Stranger on a Train delivers the kind of adventure travel we will always need: its discoveries arent new places but fresh new ways of seeing old ones." --
The New York Times Book Review"Stranger on a Train is not only a fun book (how un-British), it is an important book." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A dream of a writer...[Stranger on a Train] does what the best travel literature does: It takes you somewhere. . . lovely." --The Washington Post
"A strange and wonderful journey that reads like a synthesis of Sylvia Plath, Martin Amis and the new journalism of John McPhee." --The Times (London)
Synopsis
Uses two cross-country trips on Amtrak as narrative vehicles, connecting the human rails, taking Diski into the heart of American with track-like scars leading back to her own past.
About the Author
Jenny Diskis previous nonfiction work includes
Skating to Antarctica. Her most recent novel is
Only Human. She lives in Cambridge, England.