Nothing Natural
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Nothing Natural (1986) is a novel by Jenny Diski. The story of a romance of Joshua and Rachel.
From the publisher:
- "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."
Thulani Davis, in the New York Times dismisses the novel: "Ms. Diski's writing is uninspired; she lectures rather than lets the reader experience. "[1]
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Quotes
- I'm going to give you six strokes with the strap. It will hurt you and when you cry out in pain it will give me enormous pleasure
- Joshua, I suspect that both you and I have long since died of irrelevance. All that's left now is bodily corruption, and that's a doddle by comparison.
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