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