Annie John (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Elaine Potter Richardson
- First Published: 1985
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, Girls, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Child rearing or parenting, Children, Mothers, Parents and children, Caribbean, Adolescence, Blacks, Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Teenagers
- Locales: Antigua, West Indies
The Work
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid’s first novel, is a story of a girl’s coming-of-age. On a conscious level the protagonist is contemplating death, friendship, sexual desire, and the developments in her body; she is also experiencing a deeper need to cut herself off from her mother, even if in the process she must hurt them both. The novel is set on the Caribbean island of Antigua. As a young child, Annie John clings to her beautiful and loving mother. She likes to caress her, smell her perfume, take baths with her, and wear dresses made of the same fabric as...
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See Also:
Jamaica Kincaid (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Jamaica Kincaid (Short Fiction)Jamaica Kincaid (Long Fiction)Jamaica Kincaid (Identities and Issues)
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