A Small Place |  | Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 96
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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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 Racist ablut racism April 29, 2010
Mel Clay Rumsey
The book is written in an angry tone which I believe would put most readers on the defense, rather than generating any sympathy for the writer's perspective. In her contempt for tourist's and Europeans, the author makes so many generalizations and expresses so much prejudice against these groups I found her point ironic and hypocritical. I did enjoy the book and being able to see and learn about Antigua through a native's perspective. It was an easy read, and whether or not it was the intention of the author I do not know, but finding myself on the defensive and a target of racism gave me a much better understanding of how victims of prejudice feel. This could have been genius on the author's part, but I doubt it would be very effective for most readers. This won't ever make my "must read" list.
 Beautifully Written, Regardless of Your Politics November 8, 2009
kiki (Baltimore, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
1 out of 5 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)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
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