Annie John : A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Type
Novel
Country/Region of Manufacture
Jamaica
ISBN
9780374525101

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374525102
ISBN-13
9780374525101
eBay Product ID (ePID)
154944

Product Key Features

Book Title
Annie John : a Novel
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
General, Literary, Coming of Age
Genre
Fiction
Author
Jamaica Kincaid
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
4.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
84-028630
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us . . . and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth." -- The New York Times Book Review "So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl's passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness." -- Elaine Kendall, The Los Angeles Times, "So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us . . . and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth."-- The New York Times Book Review "So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl's passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness."--Elaine Kendall, The Los Angeles Times, So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us . . . and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth., So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl's passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness., "So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us . . . and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth."--The New York Times Book Review "So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl's passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness."--Elaine Kendall, The Los Angeles Times
Dewey Decimal
813
Synopsis
Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua. A classic coming-of-age story in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Kincaid's novel focuses on a universal, tragic, and often comic theme: the loss of childhood. Annie's voice--urgent, demanding to be heard--is one that will not soon be forgotten by readers. An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence, who is the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived." 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 instinctively rebels against 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. At the end of her school years, Annie decides to leave Antigua and her family, but not without a measure of sorrow, especially for the mother she once knew and never ceases to mourn. "For I could not be sure," she reflects, "whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world.", Annie John, the headstrong, brilliant heroine of Jamaica Kincaid's bestseller, is a child of Antigua but an adolescent of the whole world. Her passage into young adulthood--the tumultuous love of her mother and their gradual separation--is a story that will speak to listeners of all ages. Internationally acclaimed author Jamaica Kincaid has written a true contemporary classic, this generation's Catcher in the Rye ., The essential coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua. Kincaid's novel focuses on a universal, tragic, and often comic theme: the loss of childhood. Annie's voice--urgent, demanding to be heard--is one that will not soon be forgotten by readers. An adored only child, Annie has until recently lived an idyllic life. She is inseparable from her beautiful mother, a powerful presence, who is the very center of the little girl's existence. Loved and cherished, Annie grows and thrives within her mother's benign shadow. Looking back on her childhood, she reflects, "It was in such a paradise that I lived." 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 instinctively rebels against 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. At the end of her school years, Annie decides to leave Antigua and her family, but not without a measure of sorrow, especially for the mother she once knew and never ceases to mourn. "For I could not be sure," she reflects, "whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world."
LC Classification Number
PR9275.A583

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