A Small Place (6 page)

Also by
Jamaica Kincaid

At the Bottom of the River

Annie John

Lucy

The Autobiography of My Mother

My Brother

My Favorite Plant
(editor)

My Garden (Book):

 

Acclaim for
A Small Place

“A loving explanation … a small book full of big ideas.”

—
New York Newsday

“This is truth, beautifully and powerfully stated … In truly lyrical language that makes you read aloud, [Kincaid] takes you from the dizzying blue of the Caribbean to the sewage of hotels and clubs where black Antiguans are only allowed to work … Truth, wisdom, insight, outrage, and cutting wit.”

—
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Like ‘The Ancient Mariner' in Coleridge's poem, Kincaid will not let you go until you've heard her tale.”

—
Boston Herald

“Wonderful reading … Tells more about the Caribbean in 80 pages than all the guidebooks.”

—
The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Intimate … emotional … beautifully written.”

—
The Virginian-Pilot

 

Jamaica Kincaid

A Small Place

 

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, My Brother, My Favorite Plant,
and
My Garden (Book):.
She lives with her family in Vermont.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

18 West 18th Street, New York 10011

Copyright © 1988 by Jamaica Kincaid

All rights reserved

Published in 1988 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition, 2000

The author wishes to express her gratitude to the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for its generous support during the writing of this book.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Kincaid, Jamaica.

   
A small place / Jamaica Kincaid—1st ed.

      
p.  cm.

   
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-26638-7

   
ISBN-10: 0-374-26638-7

   
1.  Kincaid, Jamaica—Homes and haunts—Antigua and Barbuda—Antigua.   2.  Novelists, Antiguan—Biography.   3.  Antigua—Description and travel.   4.  Antigua—Intellectual life—20th century.   I.  Title.

F2035 .K56 1988

972.92—dc19

88000376

Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-374-52707-5

Paperback ISBN-10: 0-374-52707-5

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eISBN 9781466828834

First eBook edition: September 2012