{"product_id":"at-the-bottom-of-the-river-9781250322418","title":"At the Bottom of the River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKincaid's first book, which announced the arrival of a singular talent, \"will burn on your shelf\" (Derek Walcott). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading Jamaica Kincaid is to plunge gently into another way of seeing both the physical world and its elusive inhabitants. Her voice is, by turns, naively whimsical and biblical in its assurance, and it speaks of what is partly remembered, partly divined. The memories often concern a childhood in the Caribbean--family, manners, and landscape--as distilled and transformed by Kincaid's special style and vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKincaid leads her readers to consider, as if for the first time, the powerful ties between mother and child; the beauty and destructiveness of nature; the gulf between the masculine and the feminine; the significance of familiar things--a house, a cup, a pen. Transfiguring our human form and our surroundings--shedding skin, darkening an afternoon, painting a perfect place--these stories tell us something we didn't know, in a way we hadn't expected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1978, \u003ci\u003e At the Bottom of the River\u003c\/i\u003e immediately established Jamaica Kincaid as an inimitable, vibrant, and hauntingly beautiful voice in contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamaica Kincaid\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. John's, Antigua. Her books include \u003ci\u003eAt the Bottom of the River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnnie John\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMr. Potter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSee Now Then\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children \u003c\/i\u003e(with Kara Walker). She lives in Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899121635602,"sku":"9781250322418","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f02729de-531a-46bf-9ebb-f3ca427dfee6.jpg?v=1738347709","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/at-the-bottom-of-the-river-9781250322418","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}