Oonya Kempadoo
Oonya KempadooBuxton spice

Buxton spice

3/5
(18 votes)
Buxton spice

Back in print: an extraordinary first novel by'a writer to watch and to enjoy.

About Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo is a writer who was born in Sussex, England in 1966 of Guyanese parents. She was brought up in Guyana and has since lived in Europe and various islands in the Caribbean.Her first novel, Buxton Spice, was published to great acclaim in 1998, and was nominated for the 2000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her second book, Tide Running (Picador, 2001), set in Plymouth, Tobago, is the story of young brothers Cliff and Ossie.Oonya Kempadoo has studied art in Amsterdam and has lived in Trinidad, St.

Books

Oonya Kempadoo-All Decent Animals

All Decent Animals

Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo-All Decent Animals

All Decent Animals

Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo-Tide Running

Tide Running

Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo-Buxton spice

Buxton spice

Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo-Buxton spice

Buxton spice

Oonya Kempadoo

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Reviews

I loved it. Home grown, authentic Caribbean family, environment, struggles, growing pains, and pleasures.
I enjoyed this book immensely. It was very interesting and well-written.
This book is a coming of age story. Many cultural beliefs that I think are universal for people of color.
I liked how Oonya pictured Guyana way back in 1970's. It is an evocative novel.
There were some really lovely descriptions of the trees and plants and I was impressed by how she described the narrator's experience of going through puberty. However, there was a disturbing amount of sexual violence against women and violence in general that really turned me off of this book.
Kempadoo does a good job of illustrating 70's Guyana from the point of view of a girl on the cusp of adulthood. She shows us the ridiculous political norms, the enmity between the Blacks and non-Blacks, and the super-charged sexuality of the Caribbean.
Read for class. Not bad.

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