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In a Free State
by V.S. Naipaul
ISBN: 1400030552
ISBN-13: 9781400030552
Format: Paperback
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Summary
One novella, two stories, and two travel essays on Naipaul's trips to Cairo and to Luxor.
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"Naipaul's grouping...is not a collection of 'occasional' pieces but an entity; and I approach it as contiguous with a personal vision that blazed forth in his magnificient novel 'A House for Mr. Biswas'....This book is not his best work; but it is part of achievement that I believe in the end will show him to have been a great writer." -- Nadine Gordimer
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2002
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 5 x 7.75 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Pages: 247
Publisher's Notes
A short novel on two English people and their search for freedom in a complex African nation accompanies two works of fiction which illustrate the consequences of liberation.
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In a Free State
Naipaul, V.S
Vintage, 2002. 1st pb thus.. Softcover. VG+. Rubbing.. Novel of emigration, dislocation and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives. Trade Paperback ( more information) Offered by Old Goat Books (Canada)
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