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  <title>A Small Place</title>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Felix Endara]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the perfect nugget of a non-fiction essay. Kincaid's prose is sharpened to a razor's edge and polished to feel effortless. Though written in the 1980's, the lessons hold true today for thinking critically about the mess colonialism and globalization has wrought. I was familiar with the opening lines of this book since it was borrowed for the narration of the documentary &quot;Life and Debt&quot; (which is about Jamaica, whereas this book squarely focuses on Antigua), but taken as a whole this book is much more powerful. Kincaid is merciless in her assessment of the political and economic situation in Antigua and I wish I could give this book to every member of the US government and US Army to read, especially when she turns to the reader and states bluntly that she knows exactly why people blow themselves up in protest. She does this while writing descriptions of the place so vivid they are tactile. I fail to see how I got through college without reading this.]]></body>
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