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Title: The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0-452-27466-4 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.23 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Zowie! Kincaid sucks readers in again
Comment: Autobiography of My Mother is a powerful, mesmerizing, and other-worldy tale of Xuela, a woman of Dominica, West Indies, who is a worthy subject for Kincaid's musical cadences and rapturous prose. Boy, can this woman write - and she infuses all her prose with the lilting voices of her compatriots. There's no way to read her work aloud without finding yourself lapsing into the patois, sing-songy style of speech that comes thru so clearly in her writing. This book is a painful tale, the recounting of a difficult life without much love shown to the girl as she grows from motherless infant to strong and bitter young woman who aborts her pregnancy and remains defiant the rest of her life. Raised motherless herself, she determines never to mother others. Taken on a metaphorical level, the woman's story could be the story of Dominica, torn by suffering, racism, power, and the unbreakable bonds that bind them together.
Powerful writing on so, so many levels.
Rating: 3
Summary: Mixed feelings..
Comment: My feelings are very mixed about this book. There is no doubt that Kincaid has the ability to weave together beautiful and thoughtful moments. However, I had a difficult time staying interested in the book.
I understand the book to be written in the style of the characters history, experiences and misfortunes . A child raised without love, who grows into a woman without the ability to love. Life without love becomes a life filled with philosophical insight on human behavior, love and death.
Overall, the main character's inability to rise above an emotional flat line kept me disconnected, which prevents me from recommending this book with too much enthusiasm. I didn't feel that the character's description of the events matched her bleak emotional landscape.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible
Comment: This is my favorite of Jamaica Kincaid's, which of course is saying a lot. It is simply amazing. More complex and involved than her usual writing, it is a "hard" read, but definitely worth it. Also, if you ever have a chance to hear her read, it is amazing, and you will never read her in the same way again.
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Title: My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0374525625 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 09 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0374527342 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Lucy: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0374527350 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 04 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0374527075 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 28 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Mr. Potter: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid ISBN: 0374528748 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 16 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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