by Jamaica Kincaid · Seuil · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020484947
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«Mon frère» is the autobiographical account by Jamaica Kincaid, published by Seuil in paperback (188 pages, in French).
Jamaica Kincaid reconstructs here the death of her brother, who died of AIDS at thirty-three in Antigua. With meticulous and at times stark prose, she explores grief, family memory, and the need to reorder one's own life after loss.
Originally published in English as «My Brother» in 1997; this French edition appeared in 2001 in the Points collection.
Recommended for readers of memoirs and grief narratives, and for those interested in Caribbean literature.
Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan–American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. Born in St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, she lives in North Bennington, Vermont, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence Emerita at Harvard University.
