Name: mr. potter (in Spanish)
SKU: 5048302
Price: 26.79 EUR
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Author: jamaica kincaid
ISBN: 9788481366235

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Publisher

txalaparta

Topic

novela

Collection

gebara

Language

Spanish

Pages

180

ISBN

8481366234

ISBN13

9788481366235

Edited in

España

Synopsis "mr. potter (in Spanish)"

La hija de Mr. Potter regresa a la isla de Antigua, después de la muerte de su padre, para narrar su vida. Es la historia de un taxista que se gana la vida conduciendo un Hillman azul marino por las amplias avenidas que recorren las únicas ciudades que ha visto.A través de Mr. Potter, Kincaid nos presenta una obra llena de

referencias autobiográficas, en la que vuelve a ahondar en su mundo interior. Los pers

Jamaica Kincaid

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Jamaica Kincaid (born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson in 1949, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is a Caribbean-American writer and essayist known for her lyrical style and focus on themes such as identity, colonialism, and family relationships. At 17, she moved to New York, where she worked as an au pair and later adopted the pseudonym Jamaica Kincaid. She collaborated with The New Yorker magazine from 1976 to 1995. Currently, she resides in Vermont and has been a professor at Harvard University

Among her most notable works are Annie John (1985), A Small Place (1988), Lucy (1990), The Autobiography of My Mother (1995), My Brother (1997), and Mr. Potter (2002). Her work has been translated into multiple languages and has received awards such as the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. Kincaid is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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