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Jamaica Kincaid by John, Annie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 de

Who reads Jamaica Kincaid?

Author

John, Annie

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780613025034

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.64 / 5 (4,602 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14