A Small Place - Hardcover

Kincaid, Jamaica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374266387 ISBN 13: 9780374266387

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1988

Synopsis

Antigua--a ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies and the author's birthplace--is the setting of a lyrical, sardonic, and forthright essay that offers an insider's eye-opening view of the lives and ways of her people

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Review:

"Ms. Kincaid writes with passion and conviction . . . [with] a poet's understanding of how politics and history, private and public events, overlap and blur."--" The New York Times"
"A jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled."--Salman Rushdie
"A rich and evocative prose that is also both urgent and poetic . . . Kincaid is a witness to what is happening in our West Indian back yards. And I trust her."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"Kincaid continues to write with a unique, compelling voice that cannot be found anywhere else. Her small books are worth a pile of thicker--and hollower--ones."--"""San Francisco Chronicle"
"This is truth, beautifully and powerfully stated . . . In truly lyrical language that makes you read aloud, [Kincaid] takes you from the dizzying blue of the Caribbean to the sewage of hotels and clubs where black Antiguans are only allowed to work . . . Truth, wisdom, insight, outrage, and cutting wit."--"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"Wonderful reading . . . Tells more about the Caribbean in 80 pages than all the guidebooks."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Ms. Kincaid writes with passion and conviction . . . [with] a poet's understanding of how politics and history, private and public events, overlap and blur." --"The New York Times"

"A jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled." --"Salman Rushdie"

"A rich and evocative prose that is also both urgent and poetic . . . Kincaid is a witness to what is happening in our West Indian back yards. And I trust her." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

"Kincaid continues to write with a unique, compelling voice that cannot be found anywhere else. Her small books are worth a pile of thicker--and hollower--ones." --"San Francisco Chronicle"

"This is truth, beautifully and powerfully stated . . . In truly lyrical language that makes you read aloud, [Kincaid] takes you from the dizzying blue of the Caribbean to the sewage of hotels and clubs where black Antiguans are only allowed to work . . . Truth, wisdom, insight, outrage, and cutting wit." --"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

"Wonderful reading . . . Tells more about the Caribbean in 80 pages than all the guidebooks." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Ms. Kincaid writes with passion and conviction . . . [with] a poet's understanding of how politics and history, private and public events, overlap and blur. "The New York Times"

A jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled. "Salman Rushdie"

A rich and evocative prose that is also both urgent and poetic . . . Kincaid is a witness to what is happening in our West Indian back yards. And I trust her. "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

Kincaid continues to write with a unique, compelling voice that cannot be found anywhere else. Her small books are worth a pile of thicker--and hollower--ones. "San Francisco Chronicle"

This is truth, beautifully and powerfully stated . . . In truly lyrical language that makes you read aloud, [Kincaid] takes you from the dizzying blue of the Caribbean to the sewage of hotels and clubs where black Antiguans are only allowed to work . . . Truth, wisdom, insight, outrage, and cutting wit. "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Wonderful reading . . . Tells more about the Caribbean in 80 pages than all the guidebooks. "The Philadelphia Inquirer""

Ms. Kincaid writes with passion and conviction . . . [with] a poet's understanding of how politics and history, private and public events, overlap and blur. The New York Times

A jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled. Salman Rushdie

A rich and evocative prose that is also both urgent and poetic . . . Kincaid is a witness to what is happening in our West Indian back yards. And I trust her. Los Angeles Times Book Review

Kincaid continues to write with a unique, compelling voice that cannot be found anywhere else. Her small books are worth a pile of thicker--and hollower--ones. San Francisco Chronicle

This is truth, beautifully and powerfully stated . . . In truly lyrical language that makes you read aloud, [Kincaid] takes you from the dizzying blue of the Caribbean to the sewage of hotels and clubs where black Antiguans are only allowed to work . . . Truth, wisdom, insight, outrage, and cutting wit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wonderful reading . . . Tells more about the Caribbean in 80 pages than all the guidebooks. The Philadelphia Inquirer

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"Ms. Kincaid writes with passion and conviction . . . [with] a poet's understanding of how politics and history, private and public events, overlap and blur." --The New York Times

"A jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled." --Salman Rushdie

"A rich and evocative prose that is also both urgent and poetic . . . Kincaid is a witness to what is happening in our West Indian back yards. And I trust her." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Kincaid continues to write with a unique, compelling voice that cannot be found anywhere else. Her small books are worth a pile of thicker--and hollower--ones." --San Francisco Chronicle

"This is truth, beautifully and powerfully stated . . . In truly lyrical language that makes you read aloud, [Kincaid] takes you from the dizzying blue of the Caribbean to the sewage of hotels and clubs where black Antiguans are only allowed to work . . . Truth, wisdom, insight, outrage, and cutting wit." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Wonderful reading . . . Tells more about the Caribbean in 80 pages than all the guidebooks." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

About the Author:

Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. Johns, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother (all published by FSG). She lives with her family in Vermont.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0374266387
• ISBN 13: 9780374266387
• Binding: Hardcover