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Jamaica Kincaid's novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African father, grows up in a harsh, loveless world after her mother dies in childbirth. Xuela’s narrative provides a rich, vivid exploration of the Caribbean and the pervasive influence of colonialism. The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of a character, an account of one woman's inexorable evolution evoked in startling and magical poetry.
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The autobiography of my mother, Jamaica Kincaid
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- Pubblicato
- 1997
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Editore
- Penguin Books
- Pubblicato
- 1997
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 228
- ISBN10
- 0452274664
- ISBN13
- 9780452274662
- Serie
- Ritiro
- A plume book
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Donne, USA, Letteratura Americana, Razza, Razzismo, Caraibi, Discriminazione
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1996
- Titolo originale
- The Autobiography of My Mother
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- Jamaica Kincaid's novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half-African father, grows up in a harsh, loveless world after her mother dies in childbirth. Xuela’s narrative provides a rich, vivid exploration of the Caribbean and the pervasive influence of colonialism. The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of a character, an account of one woman's inexorable evolution evoked in startling and magical poetry.