See Now Then - Jamaica Kincaid

See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid is her first novel in ten years. It is about a marriage and a family in New England, and about examining past, present and future. Some have said the novel is inspired by parts of Kincaid's own life, although that is probably true of most novelists. Kincaid was born in Antigua and now lives in Vermont.

Man marries. Woman grows old and fat. Man throws her over for a prettier version. It’s a familiar story. Yet, in Jamaica Kincaid’s voice, the scorned woman’s fury becomes a spellbinding tale, as lyrical as “Paradise Lost,” as resonant as a Greek epic. This is hell like none other. You descend it circle by circle, and, word by word, you yield to the storyteller’s art.

Release Date: February 5, 2013