"A watering of her desert": Depression and (Dis)consolation in Jenny Diski’s Monkey’s Uncle

Jenny Diski’s work has consistently offered a direct and daring exploration of many facets of human experience, including the most traumatic. Her 1994 novel Monkey’s Uncle, charting a middle-aged woman’s descent into depression following two cataclysmic events, qualifies as a work that seems all abo...

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Main Author: Diane GAGNERET
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2024-12-01
Series:E-REA
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/18904
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