Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother Devon Drew's life is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother. Kincaid's unblinking record of a life
My Brother
โ Scribed by Dave, Friar; Dunning, Janet L
- Book ID
- 106940408
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 28 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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