description: Jamaica Kincaid's new novel is narrated by a seventy-year old West Indian woman looking back on her life and evoking the relationships that have given it meaning. Her themes are sex, human relations, and the interplay of power and powerlessness - and how easy it is to fall from one into the other. Her story, which begins at the height of imperialism and ends in the twilight of colonialism, abounds in the vivid characters, strong situations and pyrotechnic writing that make Jamaica Kincaid one of our most compelling novelists.
language: English
title: The Autobiography of My Mother
titlecomplete: The Autobiography of My Mother
genres: Fiction, Womens, Literature, Adult, Feminism, Novels, Historical Fiction, Post Colonial, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 4799
places: Antigua
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: New York, Farrar Strauss Giroux