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LUCY
by Kincaid, Jamaica
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374194343
- ISBN 13
- 9780374194345
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. Fourth Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR on the title page, small 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver spine lettering over gray boards with embossed black floral design on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket reproducing Paul Gaugain painting of "Poèms Barbares," 163 pages + [164]. Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua. She lives in Vermont, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University. LUCY (1990) is her second novel. It Lucy is a novella which first appeared in The New Yorker. It begins in medias res: the eponymous Lucy has come from the West Indies to the United States to be an au pair for a wealthy white family. The plot closely mirrors Kincaid's own experiences: especially tensions between mother and daughter. Colonial themes of identity confusion and the connection between maternal and imperial rule have an underlying presence in Lucy's relationship with her white, affluent employers, her homeland, and her new surroundings. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2411
- Title
- LUCY
- Author
- Kincaid, Jamaica
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374194343
- ISBN 13
- 9780374194345
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Caribbean, Antiqua, Barbados, blacks, colonial, mother, daughter, signed, travel, Africa, whites, au pair, children
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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