Jamaica Kincaid writes candidly and with affection about her gifted brother, who died of AIDS at 33 after a troubled life. In the process, she evokes her growing up on the island of Antigua, and the terrifying woman who is her mother.
Xuela, a childless Dominican woman in her 70s whose own mother died while giving birth to her, tells the story of a life filled with tragedy and small triumphs: Sent at birth to live in the home of her father's washerwoman, she moves back to her father's house after seven years and must fend off the murderous rage of her jealous stepmother. The ...
Lucy, a 19-year-old au pair from the West Indies, is pleased with her employers, who seem to be urbane and perfect, and their four daughters. Yet as she grows closer to the family and perceives the cracks in the facade of their lives, Lucy must come to terms with her own sexuality, her feelings towards her mother, and the memories of her past.
The fiction writer Jamaica Kincaid travels to Nepal with a group of professional botanists, into the foothills of the Himalayas. There she hopes to find rare plants for her garden in Vermont, about which she has written in MY GARDEN (BOOK). However, the trip is less than satisfactory in some ways, as Kincaid endures extremes of weather, ...
Kincaid gathers all that she loves about gardening and examines it generously, passionately and with sharp, idiosyncratic discrimination. She also examines the implications of the English formal garden in colonised countries
Cook captures the compelling connections and subtle emotions between daughters, mothers, grandmothers an d great-grandmothers in stirring black and white group portr aits. The accompanying essays often divulge very personal in formation and feelings. '
From 1978 to 1983, Jamaica Kincaid wrote for the New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" section. This is a collection of that work, including short pieces on Tammy Wynette, parties, fashion, food trends, and literature. Kincaid's introduction provides witty insight on her journalistic practices during those years, before she became a well-known writer.
The eponymous Mr. Potter--father of Lucy in the novel of the same name--is based on Kincaid's own father. His life is narrated here by his daughter Elaine, beginning with his teenage mother's suicide when he was 5 years old, and ending with his death at the age of 70.
This collection was edited by Jamaica Kincaid and contains work by Annie Dillard, Susan Sontag, Tracy Kidder, Edna O'Brien, Tobias Wolff, Cynthia Ozick, Harold Brodkey, William Gass, and Grace Paley, among others.
A delightful compendium of writing on plants. The passion for gardening and the passion for words come together in this inspired anthology, a collection of essays on topics as diverse as beans and roses, by writers who garden and by gardeners who write. Among the contributors are Christopher Lloyd, on poppies; Marina Warner, who remembers the ...
The passion for gardening comes together with the passion for words in this anthology by writers who garden and gardeners who write. Among the contributors are Marina Warner, who remembers the Guinee rose, and Henri Cole with two poems. As well as the new, some old favourites are included.
This collection was edited by Jamaica Kincaid and contains work by Annie Dillard, Susan Sontag, Tracy Kidder, Edna O'Brien, Tobias Wolff, Cynthia Ozick, Harold Brodkey, William Gass, and Grace Paley, among others.
Escrita en una lengua bellsima, aparentemente simple pero conceptualmente compleja, este texto es la historia de la inexorable evolucin de una mujer y de cmo se forja una personalidad.
An interview with Jamaica Kincaid, author of such fictional works as Annie John, Lucy, and At the bottom of the river. Ms. Kincaid discusses writing for the New Yorker and how she uses personal relationships and childhood experiences as material for her fiction.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Yorker Magazine
Date Published: 1990
Description: Knox, Bob (cover art) Good. No Jacket. 8" x 11. 92pp. 3" tear to front cover and first page, Small pear up till pg 9. Has light soiling and rubbing cover. This issue includes Cold Heart by Kincaid, Jamaica; Pentimento by Rosenberg, Lizbeth; First Asthma by Rudman, Mark; and Outside Perpignan in Heavy Rain by Christopher, Nicholas. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Yorker Magazine
Date Published: 1989
Description: Westman, Barbara (cover art) Very Good. No Jacket. 8" x 11. 92pp. Has light soiling and rubbing cover. This issue includes Mariah by Kincaid, Jamaica; and When the Wood Is Green by Pankey, Eric. read more
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