Jamaica Kincaid

At the Bottom of the River is a collection of short stories by Caribbean novelist Jamaica Kincaid. Published in 1983, it was her first short story collection. The collection consists of ten inter-connected short stories, seven of which were previously published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review between 1978 and …

Mr. Potter é um romance da escritora estadunidense Jamaica Kincaid. O livro possui doze partes distintas e sem título nas quais a autora narra como é ser uma garota que cresceu sem ter pai e como isso refletiu nela. Prosa e poema estão misturados nesta memoir, portanto, o gênero é difícil de definir. A autora narra a …

Lucy is a short novel or novella by Jamaica Kincaid. The story begins in medias res: the eponymous Lucy has come from the West Indies to the United States to be an au pair for a wealthy white family. The plot of the novel closely mirrors Kincaid's own experiences. Lucy retains the critical tone of A Small Place but …