- Antiguan Novelists, Antiguan and Barbudan Novelists, Biography, Colonies
As she bears witness to the sweeping corruption, dilapidated buildings and shameful legacy of Antigua's colonial past, Kincaid compels us to think about the people behind the beautiful landscape of this tiny island.
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Contemplative, grave, character-led and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Jamaica Kincaid, Robin Miles
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 81
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Plume, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374266387
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On Open Library, 12 have read it and 132 want to.
“IF YOU GO to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see.”
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