Jamaica Kincaid: A Critical Companion

by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

Book Overview

With the publication of her novel Annie John in 1985, Jamaica Kincaid entered the ranks of the best novelists of her generation. Her three autobiographical novels, Annie John, Lucy, and Autobiography of My Mother, and collection of short stories, At the Bottom of the River, touch on the universal theme of coming-of-age and the female adolescent's need to sever her ties to her mother. This angst is couched in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313302952
• ISBN13: 9780313302954
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"