At the Bottom of the River By Jamaica Kincaid Book cover type:Paperback and still the wars rage

and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken

and the quiet philosophical resignation of 'Basta

But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death

The combination of dazzling wit

and women who will not forgive

At the Bottom of the River By Jamaica Kincaid Book cover type:Paperback and still the wars ragePublished: 07 07 2022 Genres: Short Stories Fiction Poetry Classics Audiobook Literary Fiction Literature At the Bottom of the River is Jamaica Kincaids first published work, a selection of inter connected prose poems told from the perspective of a young Afro Caribbean girl. Collecting pieces written for the New Yorker and the Paris Review between 1978 and 1982, including the seminal Girl, these stunning works announced a fully formed, generational