A review by hanjang
A Small Place, by Jamaica Kincaid

5.0

The most eloquently written tough love I can recall ever reading. With unbelievable wit and style so lyrical that you sometimes forget you're being criticized, Kincaid rants on about the corruption, injustice, and other problems affecting her homeland of Antigua. No one--not the dishonest government officials, the seemingly helpless natives, or the tourists (descendants of slave-owning colonists)--are free from her frustration and ire. The type of enlightening essays that make readers uncomfortable by forcing them to see themselves in a way they'd rather not admit, but with the understanding that the situation is complex and there are no foreseeable solutions.