Jamaica Kincaid

The author of such books as At the Bottom of the River and My Brother returns to Antigua, the ten-by-twelve mile Caribbean island where she grew up, to explore the effects of colonialism. Reprint.

A Small Place

Esther Lumanauw

An absolute must-read. Short but informative book that truly captures your attention!!

Shona Tiger

A very quick read, and my first Kincaid.

This was so clever, so charming. I found myself laughing a lot, and also feeling quite a bit of despair at the post-colonial commonalities between what Kincaid described, and my own miserable country. Sigh.

Still, all the very sharp criticism of colonial types more than made up for the sadness; I thoroughly enjoyed that.

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John "If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him--why not a school, why not a hospital, why not some great public monument. You are a tourist and you have not yet seen . . ." So begins Jamaica Kincaid's expansive essay, which shows us what we have not yet seen of the ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies where she grew up. Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright by turns, in a Swiftian mode, A Small Place cannot help but amplify our vision of one small place and all that it signifies.

Emir Andrés Ibañez

En este ensayo, la autora nos habla sobre la historia de Antigua y Barbuda. Como si se tratara de un guía turístico, nos lleva por diferentes sitios, nos cuenta historias, y nos da su opinión con respecto a la historia de la isla, el turismo, la corrupción política, el racismo, y muchos temas más.

Es un texto interesante a la vez que fuerte, directo, sin florituras, cargado de bronca, que te dice las cosas sin rodeos. Y está bueno eso. Porque a veces uno necesita un par de cachetadas que te hagan espabilar.

Decir más seria destriparlo. Apuntenlo, que se lo leen en un día.

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

Tanja Hoffmann

Sabrina D. 

Necessary book. Please read it. If you’re offended by this book, you are a part of the problem.

A Small Place

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