Jamaica Kincaid’s poetic and affecting story of an ordinary man attempting to make a home on the island of Antigua.
Jamaica Kincaid Livres
25 mai 1949
Jamaica Kincaid est une auteure renommée qui explore avec acuité les thèmes de l'identité, du postcolonialisme et des complexités des relations familiales. Sa prose, souvent lyrique et onirique, se caractérise par un examen intransigeant des traumatismes historiques et personnels. À travers ses œuvres, Kincaid cherche à dévoiler les dynamiques de pouvoir cachées et à remettre en question les récits dominants. Sa voix distinctive et sa profonde compréhension de la psyché humaine en font une écrivaine incontournable pour quiconque recherche une littérature à la fois belle et provocatrice.
A Small Place
- 96pages
- 4 heures de lecture
Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright by turns, this memoir is a brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua, by the author of "Annie John."
The first short-story collection from Jamaica Kincaid, this is a stunning evocation of life as a young Afro-Caribbean woman.
Talk Stories
- 272pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Originally featured in the New Yorker’s ‘Talk of the Town’ column, these are Jamaica Kincaid’s first impressions of snobbish, mobbish New York.
One of the most important literary voices of the twentieth century on one of her greatest loves - gardening.
A classic coming-of-age story from Jamaica Kincaid, following a young woman as she enters adulthood against the backdrop of a strange and unfamiliar country.
The Autobiography of My Mother
- 190pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Poetic, stirring, and disturbing, this novel is a powerful and unforgettable statement of one woman's struggle for identity against a hostile backdrop of sexism and colonialism.
Jamaica Kincaid's poweful and moving account of the life and death of her younger brother.
Annie John
- 156pages
- 6 heures de lecture
For use in schools and libraries only. The theme of lost childhood remains constant in this short fictional narrative of rebellious Annie John's coming of age on the small island of Antigua.
Jamaica Kincaid's engrossing account of a three-week trek through the Himalayas with fellow horticulturalists, intertwining mediations on the stunning landscapes with observations on culture, tourism and family.
