A Small Place
'If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see...' So begins Jamaica Kincaid's powerful portrait of the damaged paradise that was her childhood home. The island of Antigua is a magical place of breathtaking beauty - with cloudless skies, dazzling blue waters, and majestic sunsets. But it is also a place of dramatic contrasts. What one doesn't see when on holiday on this ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies is the sweeping corruption, the dilapidated schools and hospitals and homes, and the shameful legacy of its colonial past. In A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid candidly appraises where she grew up, and makes pa…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-911547-10-5
- EAN: 9781911547105
- Produktnummer: 25825740
- Verlag: Daunt Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 100 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 73 KB
Über den Autor
Jamaica Kincaid was born in St John's, Antigua. She is an award-winning writer whose books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, My Favourite Plant, and My Garden (book):. From 1976-1996 she was a staff writer for The New Yorker. She lives with her familyin Vermont.
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