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The Writer and the World
Essays
by V.S. Naipaul ; Pankaj Mishra
ISBN: 0375407391
ISBN-13: 9780375407390
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This collection of 40 years of V. S. Naipaul's writing encompasses his observations on topics ranging from Muslims in India to a local election in New York City. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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"A welcome summing-up of a distinguished journalistic career that matches Naipaul's accomplishments as a novelist."
-- Kirkus
"In the essays in this book..., Naipaul brings [an] calm, factual, almost literal quality to his descriptive prose....Naipaul is at his bilious best when the going is rough and the temperatures high. The American essays here, though well-turned and sardonic, seem underpowered by comparison with his third-world writing...." -- Hilary Mantel
-- New York Review of Books
"The essays in this book cover thirty years; Naipaul's vision is constant. His prose moves fast, and it is the simplicity of the writing that makes it so effective." -- Patrick French
-- Literary Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2002
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.05 pounds
Pages: 524
Publisher's Notes
Spanning some forty years of writing, a collection of essays by Nobel laureate offers many of his finest shorter pieces of reflection and journalism as he writes about the Muslim invasions of India, Mobuto's mad reign in Zaire, the New York mayoral elections, and other fascinating aspects of people, cultures, and places around the world.
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V.S. Naipaul
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V.S. Naipaul
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The Writer and the World: Essays
Naipaul, V.S.; Mishra, Pankaj
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The Writer And The World (Essays)
Naipaul, V.S
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Naipaul, V.S
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The Writer and the World: Essays
V.S. Naipaul
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The Writer and the World: Essays
Naipaul, V.S
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The Writer and the World : Essays
Naipaul, V. S.; Mishra, Pankaj (editor)
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The Writer and the World: Essays
Naipaul, V.S.; Mishra, Pankaj
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The Writer and the World
Naipaul, V.S
New York.: Alfred a Knopf , 2002 pp524, index. Quarter bound brown cloth, red boards, gold lettering. Small remainder spot to top edge, dustjacket slightly creased at head of spine. Naipaul's writings over the last forty years of travel have created one of the most wide-ranging and sustained meditations on our world. This book brings together his finest shorter pieces of reflection and reportage. A bright, clean copy. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
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The Writer and the World, Essays
Naipaul, V. S
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Naipaul, V. S. (Pankaj Mishra, Intro & Edited)
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