Why Jamaica Kincaid Hates the Pursuit of Happiness
By First • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Literature“I think in many ways the problem that my writing would have with an American reviewer is that Americans find difficulty very hard to take. They are inevitably looking for a happy ending…I think life is difficult and that’s that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite.”
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Source: Mother Jones
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