{"product_id":"2026200009723-secondhand-beyond-the-dragons-mouth-stories-pieces","title":"Beyond The Dragon's Mouth: Stories \u0026 Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer of rare precision and unflinching honesty, Shiva Naipaul presents in Beyond the Dragon's Mouth a rich and varied collection of stories and pieces that draw from the full breadth of his experience — from the sun-drenched streets of Trinidad to the restless, shifting landscapes of Africa and the wider world. The collection captures lives caught between tradition and modernity, between belonging and exile, rendered with a prose style that is at once lyrical and devastatingly exact.\n\nNaipaul's work stands apart from his more celebrated brother V.S. Naipaul's in its warmer, though no less critical, gaze — one that chronicles the absurdities and dignities of postcolonial life with wit, melancholy, and moral seriousness. This collection, assembled with the retrospective weight of a career cut tragically short, illustrates why Shiva Naipaul remains one of the most underappreciated voices of twentieth-century Commonwealth literature. Those who discover him here will find themselves haunted by the question of what further masterworks were lost when he died at just forty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130588274907,"sku":"2026200009723-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7340500b-4f8a-47f9-a764-033be7e88071.png?v=1786586985","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009723-secondhand-beyond-the-dragons-mouth-stories-pieces","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}