| My Brother Contributor(s): Kincaid, Jamaica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374525625 ISBN-13: 9780374525620 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother's life and death is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua. "Visceral and wrenching, this is a memoir of mourning . . . Kincaid's revelations are both intoxicating and redeeming".--Renee Graham, "The Boston Sunday Globe". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97016190 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.59" W x 8.31" (0.45 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jamaica Kincaid's brother Devon Drew died of AIDS on January 19, 1996, at the age of thirty-three. Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother's life and death is also a story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother. My Brother is an unblinking record of a life that ended too early, and it speaks volumes about the difficult truths at the heart of all families. My Brother is a 1997 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kincaid, Jamaica: - 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. |