#15. A Small Place, by Jamaica Kincaid

[whereweather]

A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid
1988.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux

I am a fan of Jamaica Kincaid.  In the last year or so I have read her books At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, and Lucy, and got a lot out of each of them.  I was looking forward to reading A Small Place because I was looking forward to learning more about Antigua, the Caribbean

Comments

[sophinisba]

This review reminds me a lot of how I felt about her book My Brother which I read earlier this year. I'd read both Lucy and A Small Place about ten years ago and found them both so affecting that I was sure I'd love My Brother but instead I found it disappointing and sort of unbalanced, or incomplete...and at the same time, her writing is also so forceful that I had the same urge to quote large passages at people. This post reminds me that I still want to read Annie John, so thank you for that!

[whereweather]

Ooh, I loved Annie John. I think you'll like it, if you liked Lucy. (May I also recommend At The Bottom Of the River?