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A Small Place

Jamaica Kincaid

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A Small Place kitaplarını, A Small Place sözleri ve alıntılarını, A Small Place yazarlarını, A Small Place yorumları ve incelemelerini 1000Kitap'ta bulabilirsiniz.
In Antigua, people speak of slavery as if it had been a pageant full of large ships sailing on blue water, the large ships filled up with human cargo- their ancestors; they got off, they were forced to work under conditions that were cruel and inhuman, they were beaten, they were murdered, they were sold, their children were taken from them and these separations lasted forever, there were many other bad things, and then suddenly the whole thing came to an end in something called emancipation. Then they speak of emancipation itself as if it happened just the other day, not over one hundred and fifty years ago. The word "emancipation", were a contemporary occurence, something everybody is familiar with. (Diyecek kelime bulamamak..)
'... how beautiful you were, are, and always will be...'