See Now Then Jamaica Kincaid
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See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid

Thoughts from J:

“…But what if a surprise awaited him just inside the door, for even a poor unfortunate man as he, for so Mr. Sweet thought of himself, unfortunate to be married to that bitch of a woman born of beast, the surprise being the head of  his wife just lying on the counter, her body never to be found, but her head severed from it, evidence that she could no longer block his progress in the world, for it was her presence in his life that kept him from being who he really was…”

Unknown            That sentence is from See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid.  My Bookmarks magazine tells me See Now Then, Kincaid’s first novel in ten years, is one of the Most-Reviewed Books in February and March of this year.  So you don’t’ need a review here. There are plenty to choose from.

images     But if I was going to add my two cents, I might say that Allen Shawn, (Ms. Kincaid’s former husband), a composer (like Mr. Sweet in the story), who lived in New England (like Mr. Sweet in the story), with his English professor wife (like Mr. Sweet in the story), with whom he raised two children (like Mr. Sweet in the story), who left her for another woman (like Mr. Sweet in the story), might be happy and thankful that his former wife’s weapon of choice is only words.

She seems kind of upset.

P. S. To be fair…Kincaid says See Now Then is not autobiographical.

P.P.S. Just sayin…

 

 

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