{"product_id":"at-the-bottom-of-the-river","title":"At the Bottom of the River","description":"Jamaica Kincaid's At the Bottom of the River ... inspired, lyrical short stories\n\nReading Jamaica Kincaid is to plunge, gently, into another way of seeing both the physical world and its elusive inhabitants. Her voice is, by turns, naively whimsical and biblical in its assurance, and it speaks of what is partially remembered partly divined. The memories often concern a childhood in the Caribbean--family, manners, and landscape--as distilled and transformed by Kincaid's special style and vision.\n\nKincaid leads her readers to consider, as if for the first time, the powerful ties between mother and child; the beauty and destructiveness of nature; the gulf between the masculine and the feminine; the significance of familiar things--a house, a cup, a pen. Transfiguring our human form and our surroundings--shedding skin, darkening an afternoon, painting a perfect place--these stories tell us something we didn't know, in a way we hadn't expected.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374527342\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UIGP0000PI_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kincaid, Jamaica\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43724019695677,"sku":"31UIGP0000PI_ns","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374527342-0.jpg?v=1790457279","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/at-the-bottom-of-the-river","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}