V.S. Naipaul, man and writer / Gillian Dooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dooley, Gillian, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018.

Naipaul, V. S.

Physical Description:

164 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2006]

Summary:

Offering a survey of the life and work of the 2001 Nobel Laureate forLiterature, V. S. Naipaul, Man and Writer introduces readers to thewriter widely viewed as a curmudgeonly novelist who finds specialsatisfaction in overturning the vogue presuppositions of his peers.Gillian Dooley takes an expansive look at Naipaul's literary career, fromMiguel Street to Magic Seeds. From readings of his fiction, nonfiction, travel books, and volumes of letters, she elucidates theconnections between Naipaul's personal experiences as a Hindu Indianfrom Trinidad living an expatriate life and the precise, euphonious prosewith which he is synonymous

Contents:

"Apprentice pieces": Miguel Street, The mystic masseur, and The suffrage of Elvira

Fiction versus nonfiction : a house for Mr Biswas

The journeys begin: The Middle Passage, An area of darkness, and The loss of El Dorado

Branching out: Mr Stone and the knights companion, The mimic men, and A flag on the island

Finding the correct form: In a free state

Sex and violence: Guerrillas and A bend in the river

Investigations abroad: middle-period nonfiction

A definition of the writing self: The enigma of arrival

Capturing the reality: later travel books

Three novels: A way in the world, Half a life, and Magic seeds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-159) and index.

ISBN:

1570035873

OCLC:

62509241

Publisher Number:

9781570035876