<p><b>A haunting and tragicomic tale of the end of childhood, <i>Annie John</i> is told with Jamaica Kincaid’s trademark candour and complexity, and is a true coming-of-age classic.</b><br><br>An adored only child growing up in Antigua, Annie has until recently lived a peaceful and content life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful and influential presence, who sits at the very centre of the little girl’s existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother’s shadow.<br><br>When she turns twelve, however, Annie’s life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she makes rebellious friends and frequently challenges authority; and most frighteningly, her mother, seeing Annie as a ‘young lady’, ceases to be the source of unconditional adoration and ta
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<p>In this acclaimed travel memoir Jamaica Kincaid chronicles a spectacular and exotic three-week trek through the Himalayan land of Nepal, where she and her companions are gathering seeds for planting at home. The natural world and, in particular,...
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<em>Lucy</em> er en fortelling om å flytte til et nytt land og bli kjent med seg selv i nye omgivelser.<br/>Lucy har reist fra Karibia og egen familie for å bli au pair. I New York finner Lucy først og fremst ut hva hun ikke vil bli,...
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<p>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 life and death is also a...
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