Description: 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 Smal Book and Mortar Record Store A Small Place -- Jamaica Kincaid 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. Author: Jamaica Kincaid Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: 04/28/2000 Pages: 96 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.28lbs Size: 8.26h x 5.48w x 0.31d ISBN: 9780374527075 About the Author Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. Johns, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother (all published by FSG). She lives with her family in Vermont.
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Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Biographies & Memoirs,Arts & Literature,Authors
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Artist: Kincaid, Jamaica
Album: A Small Place
Book Title: Small Place
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Topic: Caribbean & Latin American, Special Interest / Literary, Cultural Heritage, Caribbean & West Indies, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Publication Year: 2000
Item Height: 0.3 in
Genre: Literary Criticism, Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 4.3 Oz
Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
