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Mr. Potter

Jamaica Kincaid

  • 195 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2002
  • 9 editions
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1 About this book

"Jamaica Kincaid's first obsession, the island of Antigua, comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of Mr. Potter, an illiterate chauffeur who makes his living along the wide, open roads that pass the only towns he has ever seen and the graveyard where he will be buried. The sun shines squarely overhead, the ocean lies on every side, and suppressed passion fills the air."

  • Caribbean area
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Social life and customs

2 About Jamaica Kincaid

Born 1949

Jamaica Kincaid (; born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson on May 25, 1949) 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.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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