Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Copyright © 1988 by Jamaica Kincaid

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Published in 1988 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

First Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback edition, 2000

The author wishes to express her gratitude to the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for its generous support during the writing of this book.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Kincaid, Jamaica.

   A small place / Jamaica Kincaid—1st ed.

      p.  cm.

   ISBN-13: 978-0-374-26638-7

   ISBN-10: 0-374-26638-7

   1.  Kincaid, Jamaica—Homes and haunts—Antigua and Barbuda—Antigua.   2.  Novelists, Antiguan—Biography.   3.  Antigua—Description and travel.   4.  Antigua—Intellectual life—20th century.   I.  Title.

F2035 .K56 1988

972.92—dc19

88000376

Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-374-52707-5

Paperback ISBN-10: 0-374-52707-5

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