Picador Collection: The Autobiography of My Mother

Picador Collection: The Autobiography of My Mother
Jamaica Kincaid
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Paperback
h197 x 130mm - 208pg
7 Jul 2022 UK
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9781529076752
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Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksXuela Claudette Richardson is recalling the last seventy years of her life, and so she must begin with her birth, and the accompanying death of her mother. Xuela' s vivid, visceral recollections of the lonely, unsettled life that follows the trauma of her arrival include that of her distant father, who sends her away to another household at the earliest opportunity; of her passion for the stevedore Roland, who fulfils her sexually but not intellectually; and of her husband, who provides her with status and a wealthy lifestyle but whom she is incapable of loving. Poetic and disturbing, The Autobiography of My Mother is one of Kincaid' s most powerful statements of Afro-Caribbean women' s struggle for identity and independence, against a hostile backdrop of sexism and colonialism. Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.

All the Pretty Horses
Among Flowers
Annie John
At the Bottom of the River
Autobiography of My Mother, The
Cities of the Plain
Crossing, The
Less Than Zero
Lucy
Lunar Park
No Country for Old Men
Road, The
Rules of Attraction, The

Fierce, incantory. . . lyrical. . . powerful and disturbing -- Michiko Kakutani * New York Times * Kincaid, always an elegant stylist, makes this story of a simple woman extraordinary. . . filling her prose with rich, poetic detail. . . An unforgettable account of singular survival * San Francisco Chronicle Book Review * A book that comes both to haunt and to dazzle us . . . [Kincaid] writes like an angel: with enviable lucidity and precision and a lyric touch that frequently aspires to the condition of poetry * Boston Sunday Globe *
Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John' s, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother. She lives with her family in Vermont.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529076752
Published: 7 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 155g
Pages: 208

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