Fiction1996

The Autobiography of My Mother

Jamaica Kincaid
Overview
Region

Caribbean

Dominica

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Xuela, a woman in Dominica, narrates her life of resistance and solitude after her mother dies in childbirth.

Literary Significance

Finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award and National Book Critics Circle Award

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