cover image At the Bottom of the River

At the Bottom of the River

Jamaica Kincaid. Plume Books, $9.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26754-1

Kincaid's first collection focuses on a nameless, blossoming Caribbean girl. According to PW , ``The voice--incantatory, lyric, rhapsodic--is closer to the condition of poetry and music than to fiction in any of its ordinary registers.'' (Jan.)