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Way in the World: A Sequence
V. S. Naipaul
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Description for Way in the World: A Sequence
Paperback. After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
A Way in the World is a vastly innovative novel exploring vastly innovative novel explores colonial inheritance through a series of narratives that span continents, swing back and forth between past and present and delve into both autobiography and fiction. V. S. Naipaul offers a personal choice of examples of Spanish and British imperial history in the Caribbean, including an imagined vision of Raleigh's last expedition and an introduction to Francisco de Miranda, a would-be liberator and precursor to Bolivar, which are placed within a context of echoing modernity and framed by two more personal, heavily ... Read more
A Way in the World is a vastly innovative novel exploring vastly innovative novel explores colonial inheritance through a series of narratives that span continents, swing back and forth between past and present and delve into both autobiography and fiction. V. S. Naipaul offers a personal choice of examples of Spanish and British imperial history in the Caribbean, including an imagined vision of Raleigh's last expedition and an introduction to Francisco de Miranda, a would-be liberator and precursor to Bolivar, which are placed within a context of echoing modernity and framed by two more personal, heavily ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330522885
SKU
V9780330522885
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About V. S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession. His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The ... Read more
Reviews for Way in the World: A Sequence
A bewitching piece of work by a mind at the peak of its abilities.
New York Times Book Review
One of his supreme triumphs.
Adam Thorpe
European
His own modern labour of love, loss and disquiet, this really is a book to treasure.
Malcolm Bradbury
Sunday Express
New York Times Book Review
One of his supreme triumphs.
Adam Thorpe
European
His own modern labour of love, loss and disquiet, this really is a book to treasure.
Malcolm Bradbury
Sunday Express