My Brother

Visceral and wrenching, this is a memoir of mourning . . . Kincaid''s revelations are both intoxicating and redeeming>

Auteur
Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John's, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother. She lives with her family in Vermont.

Résumé

'Controlled and fearless perfection' - The Washington Post

Jamaica Kincaid's brother Devon Drew died of AIDS on 19 January 1996, at the age of thirty-three. This incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank recounting of her brother's life and death is also the story of her family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on her powerful, sometimes threatening mother. My Brother is an unblinking record of a life that ended too early, and it speaks volumes about the difficult truths at the heart of all families.

My Brother was a 1997 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.