Annie John

Informationen zum Autor Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John's, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River , Annie John , Lucy , The Autobiography of My Mother , and My Brother . She lives with her family in Vermont. Klappentext A haunting and tragicomic tale of the end of childhood, Annie John is told with Jamaica Kincaid's trademark candour and complexity, and is a true coming-of-age classic. An adored only child growing up in Antigua, Annie has until recently lived a peaceful and content life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful and influential presence, who sits at the very centre of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's shadow. When she turns twelve, however, Annie's life changes, in ways that are often mysterious to her. She begins to question the cultural assumptions of her island world; at school she makes rebellious friends and frequently challenges authority; and most frighteningly, her mother, seeing Annie as a 'young lady', ceases to be the source of unconditional adoration and takes on the new and unfamiliar guise of adversary. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature. Zusammenfassung The classic coming-of-age story of a precocious young girl’s deteriorating relationship with her mother, as she enters adolescence and leaves her childhood behind on the idyllic island of Antigua.

Product details

• Authors: Kincaid Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.07.2022
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781529077124
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-7712-4
• Pages: 141
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 19.7 x 1 cm
• Series: Collection; Picador Collection
• Subjects: Coming of age, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Bildungsroman, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence, Narrative theme: Interior life, adolescence, Caribbean islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Antigua, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Modern and contemporary fiction, mother and daughter, Afro-Caribbean, Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people, black authors, black writing, short novels, African-American authors