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Xuela Claudette Richardson is recalling the last seventy years of her life, and so she must begin with her birth, and the accompanying death of her mother. Xuelas vivid, visceral recollections of the lonely, unsettled life that follows the trauma of her a
Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. At first glance Lewis and Mariah are a blessed couple handsome, rich, and seemingly happy. Almost at once, however, Lucy
A haunting and tragicomic tale of the end of childhood, Annie John is told with Jamaica Kincaids trademark candour and complexity, and is a true coming-of-age classic. An adored only child growing up in Antigua, Annie has until recently lived a peaceful a
If revenge is a dish best served cold, See Now Then is a baked alaska in reverse, chilling on the outside, screaming hot at the center - New York Times Mr and Mrs Sweet live in a house in the small town of Bennington, New England. While Mr Sweet grew up i
[Kincaid] is able to do something that is almost never done in garden writing, and do it very well . . . - The New York Times Jamaica Kincaid's first garden in Vermont was a plot in the middle of her front lawn. There, to the consternation of more exp
A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua, by the author of Annie John. Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Place magnifies our vision of one small place with Swiftian wit and precision. Jamaica Kincaid's expansive essay candid
Annie John er et lykkeligt, ubekymret barn på Antigua i Caribien. Som tiårig er hendes yndlingsbeskæftigelse at sidde og se på, mens hendes mor finder minderne frem fra den gamle kuffert som rummer hele hendes tilværelse. Men Annie er ikke ti år gammel fo
Den caribiske teenagepige Lucy kommer til New York for at arbejde som au pair hjemme hos Lewis og Mariah og deres fire børn. Parret lever på over- fladen et velsignet liv, de er smukke, rige og fremstår glade. Men alligevel fornemmer Lucy fra starten revn
The essential, urgent coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, a reinventor of the form. Since her first, prizewinning collection of stories, At the Bottom of the River , Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met with nothing short of amazement. The New York
Finalist for the 1997 National Book Award for Nonfiction Jamaica Kincaid's brother Devon Drew died of AIDS on January 19, 1996, at the age of thirty-three. Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother's l
Moderrollen udforskes i en rå coming-of-age-fortælling, hvor en moderløs opvækst bliver selve livets præmis. Xuela Claudette Richardson mister sin mor i samme øjeblik, hun kommer til verden, og må derfor famle sig igennem tilværelsen uden den kvinde, hun