At the Bottom of the River is Jamaica Kincaid's first published work,a selection of inter-connected prose poems told from the perspective of a young Afro-Caribbean girl.Collecting pieces written for the New Yorker and the Paris Review between 1978 and 1982,including the seminal'Girl',these stunning works announced a fully-formed,generational talent and firmly established the themes that Kincaid would continue to return to in her later work: the loss of childhood,the fractious nature of mother-daughter relationships,the intangible beauty of the natural world,and the striving for independence in a colonial landscape.Powerful and lyrical,this is an unforgettable collection from a unique and necessary literary voice.Part of the Picador Collection,a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781529076783Number of pages: 80Weight: 82 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 7 mm
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This book will burn on your shelf. It is too choked with love to incite envy,too humble for admiration,and still too startling to escape astonishmentWhat a writer - elegant,uncompromising,simultaneously direct and layered and complex.I've read everything by Jamaica Kincaid,and I've still never read anyone like her. If you are new to Kincaid,I envy you
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