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A Small Place |  | Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Category: Book
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Seller: hippo_books
Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 33413
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0374527075
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.92
EAN: 9780374527075
ASIN: 0374527075
Publication Date: April 28, 2000
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A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John
"If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him--why not a school, why not a hospital, why not some great public monument. You are a tourist and you have not yet seen . . ."
So begins Jamaica Kincaid's expansive essay, which shows us what we have not yet seen of the ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies where she grew up.
Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright by turns, in a Swiftian mode, A Small Place cannot help but amplify our vision of one small place and all that it signifies.
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 Beautifully Written, Regardless of Your Politics November 8, 2009
kiki (Baltimore, MD)
I love this book because it is beautifully written- lyrical, poetic, smart. I think she captures her complicated opinions on the culture and history of Antigua wonderfully. It's a brutally honest book, which I think is refreshing. As far as I know, and I may be wrong, she doesn't really represent this as anything other than her opinion. So by "brutally honest," I don't mean everything in it is true, in a textbook kind of way. I just mean that she expresses an eloquent, honest, complicated, contradictory portrait of how she feels. And the writing is beautiful. It's best described as a "poetic essay." If you're looking for a travel guide or a straight non-fiction history book, this isn't it and it shouldn't be marketed that way.
I don't feel strongly about the politics of this book, nor did I feel particularly hated (I'm a white American), but I guess I could see how you might feel that way if you are the sort of person who takes everything personally.
 No Information Just Full of Malice October 28, 2009
Luke K.
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was expecting an interesting book that would educate me on this island before I traveled there. What I read was a dreadful book full of hatred and malice. If you are looking for information, go elsewhere. If you are looking for a book filled with anglican hatred, you have found yourself a gem!
fantastic September 24, 2009
K. Walsh (Cleveland, OH USA)
This was a wonderful book. Antigua is a very "Small Place" but it really looks at the big picture and illustrates colonialism and neocolonialism as it happened all around the world. A really heartbreaking portrait of the island of Antigua.
Book Delivery May 2, 2009
Elizabeth Welsh (Santa Cruz, CA)
The book came in a really timely manner, within a week of it being ordered, and it was in great condition.
Good April 30, 2009
I. Ledezma-Abundis (Alpharetta, GA, USA)
It was in good condition.. The book however was a little confusing at times because the author is letting us know what she's thinking all the time in "()". However, it was alright.. Be prepared to hear how much she hates American and European tourists.. lol
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