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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