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A Small Place | 
 enlarge | Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 127444
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Reprint
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0374527075
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.92
EAN: 9780374527075
ASIN: 0374527075
Publication Date: April 2000
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 An 80 page moan September 15, 2008
bibliotech (UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jamaica needs to attend anger management classes if this is the best she can produce. A rambling, depressing, high level gripe was not what I expected, but it's certainly what was delivered and even half way through such a short book, quite frankly, I'd had enough of the attitude on display. All of which was a pity, because so many of the (valid) points made could have been delivered in a more forceful or constructive manner. An obvious objective of the book surely was to win over the support, or at least empathy of the reader, but in my opinion it fails gloriously on this front.
Disappointing September 8, 2008
One More Time (Antigua & Barbuda)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author clearly has anger issues. The English, Americans, Lebanese and Syrians are all pigs. Europeans are human rubbish. Nelson and several other British naval figures are criminals. Tourists are all ugly. The government of Antigua and Barbuda are corrupt because of the English. Sadly this attitude is widely held by black Antiguans. The book is poorly informed, laborious and predictable and useful only as a reality check for those thinking of visiting Antigua.
A good read September 8, 2006
CeCe (UK)
An interesting read from an unusual viewpoint and indeed location. It felt a little simplistic at times, as if Kincaid was really only scratching the surface of the price of independence for former colonies.
 A well told first account April 4, 2006
C. V. McCulloch (Bristol, UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I grew up on the glorious island of Antigua. In an instant I'm agreeing to all she says about the airport and all the way through the book. The only problem I have is that I think that her wonderful writing is wasted on me as I don't tend to read books like this one.
It was interesting to read especially if you are heading to Antigua or a resident yourself.
 A powerful story February 24, 2005
Michael Brown (Greensboro, NC, USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Small Place is a very simple-written book. With a fascinating setting in Antigua is the story of the extraordinary conditions of the life of the people of Antigua. Jamaica Kincaid's writing portrays not only her bitterness with the legacies of slavery but also her disappointment with the new Antigua, especially the loss of social values and the corruption plaguing the political life and those higher up in society. And she brought it out so succinctly and poignantly that this book clearly articulates the crisis plaguing developing nations, especially Africa that though independent, still have not yet shaken off the negative legacies of colonialism. This is a highly recommendable read.
Also recommended: THE USURPER AND OTHERS, DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE
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