THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Book condition is Fine. Dust Jacket is Near Fine. Not Price Clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0374107319
- ISBN 13
- 9780374107314
- Seller
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Petaluma, California, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Collectible Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ID#4557
- Title
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER
- Author
- Kincaid, Jamaica
- Book Condition
- Used - Book condition is Fine. Dust Jacket is Near Fine. Not Price Clipped.
- Edition
- FIRST PRINTING of the STATED FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374107319
- ISBN 13
- 9780374107314
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 228 numbered pages.
- Size
- 5.5 x 8.25 Inches in size.
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