Annie John

Name: Annie John
Brand: Kincaid, Jamaica
SKU: PR-9780099773818
Price: 9.09 EUR
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Rating: 3.7 (26 reviews)

3.7

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Le Pitch

Présentation de l'éditeur The island of Antigua is a magical place: growing up there should be a sojourn in paradise for young Annie John. But, as in the basket of green figs carried on her mother's head, there is a snake hidden somewhere within. Annie John begins by adoring her beautiful mother, but inexplicably she comes to hate her. Adolescence takes this brilliant, headstrong girl into open rebellions and secret discoveries - and finally to a crisis of emotions that wrenches her away from her island home. Revue de presse So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us...and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth ― New York Times Book Review An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer...thrilling ― Susan Sontag Movingly real...Its poetry is grounded in detail, in the lovingly rendered life of its adolescent heroine ― Washington Post So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl’s passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness ― LA Times Biographie de l'auteur Jamaica Kincaid is the author of Talk Stories, a compilation of her writing published in The New Yorker, My Favourite Plant, an anthology of writing on plants which she edited and the novels Annie John and Mr Potter. In 2000 she was awarded the Prix Femina Etranger for My Brother. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Annie John

3.7

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Le Pitch

Présentation de l'éditeur The island of Antigua is a magical place: growing up there should be a sojourn in paradise for young Annie John. But, as in the basket of green figs carried on her mother's head, there is a snake hidden somewhere within. Annie John begins by adoring her beautiful mother, but inexplicably she comes to hate her. Adolescence takes this brilliant, headstrong girl into open rebellions and secret discoveries - and finally to a crisis of emotions that wrenches her away from her island home. Revue de presse So touching and familiar it could be happening to any of us...and that's exactly the book's strength, its wisdom, its truth ― New York Times Book Review An unaffectedly sumptuous, irresistible writer...thrilling ― Susan Sontag Movingly real...Its poetry is grounded in detail, in the lovingly rendered life of its adolescent heroine ― Washington Post So neon-bright that the traditional story of a young girl’s passage into adolescence takes on a shimmering strangeness ― LA Times Biographie de l'auteur Jamaica Kincaid is the author of Talk Stories, a compilation of her writing published in The New Yorker, My Favourite Plant, an anthology of writing on plants which she edited and the novels Annie John and Mr Potter. In 2000 she was awarded the Prix Femina Etranger for My Brother. Afficher moinsAfficher plus