Böcker av Giorgia Scribellito

This is a critical study of the book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by author Junot Díaz.

This book is an autobiography of the author. It is a reflection on her life, as well as on the life of her mother and of her grandmother. It analyses the difficulties of her mother raising the author alone. It also considers how much the lives of women has changed throughout the Twentieth century. Least but not last it is a reflection about growing up as a mixed person (black and white or white and black)

This book analyses critically Jamaica Kincaid's book A Small Place. It considers the biography of the author, the history of Antigua and literature by Caribbean women. It also analyses the themes of the book and it situates them in the context of Caribbean and postcolonial literature. It also analyses the Language used by Kincaid and its meaning. It is really an analysis of Kincaid's book and of its importance for postcolonial, Caribbean and women's studies literature. The main themes of the book are Caribbean women, history, colonialism and postcolonialism.