Jamaica Kincaid: See Now Then

Jamaica Kincaid

's first novel in ten years,

See Now Then (Farrar Straus & Giroux), is an emotionally bare story about the erosion of a marriage. Kincaid talks about the essence of fiction, her early influences, and this book's meticulous attention to the dense passage of time.

Read an excerpt from See Now Then.

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