V. S. Naipaul, Second Edition

Book Summary


This revised and updated introduction to the novels and non-fiction of V.S. Naipaul will be of interest to students, specialists and general readers. Chronological chapters examine the structure, significance and development of Naipaul's writing, setting the texts in their autobiographical, philosophical, social and political, colonial and post-colonial contexts. New chapters in the second edition include an expanded biographical introduction, and discussion of the recent novels "A Way in the World" and "Half a Life," Naipaul's writings on Islam, and the criticism of Naipaul by writers and post-colonial theorists.

Book Details


Book Name V. S. Naipaul, Second Edition
Author Bruce Alvin King
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan (Oct 2003)
ISBN 9781403904560
Pages 240
Language English
Price 1416
 
 

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