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Nothing natural

Jenny Diski

1986238 pagesabout 4–5 hours
1986
first published
  • 1986Methuen · 238 pages · ENGISBN 9780413411709
  • 1986Simon and Schuster · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780671634599
  • 1987Methuen · 238 pages · ENGISBN 9780413404909
  • 1990Minerva · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780749390563
  • 2003Virago Press Ltd · 288 pagesISBN 9781860499425

'Nothing Natural centres with illuminating precision on a sado-masochistic relationship. Rachel is in her thirties, a single parent admired by her friends for her self-sufficiency . But when she meets the compelling, sinister Joshua she discovers another side to herself . In a sense which horrifies her, she has found herself . An outstandingly well-written novel' New Statesman An addictive story of a dangerous love affair with a shocking denoument, this is a complex examination of the relations between the sexes at their most combatative and collusive. It is a clever book with much to tell us about the nature of desire and what should or should not be permissable.

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