A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling
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Author: V. S. Naipaul
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. For the "serious traveller", one who is fully engaged with the world, there can be no single view. Our author's purpose, then, "is not literary criticism or biography", but only to set out the writing and ways of seeing to which he was exposed. So here is colonial Trinidad (the early Derek Walcott and Naipaul's own father); the culture of school (Flaubert and the classical world); England, where with the help of friends the writer seeks to make his way; and, inevitably for a colonial Indian, there is India, to be approached through the residue of Indian culture and the scattered memories of nineteenth-century immigrants, leading to a special understanding of Mahatma Gandhi. Part meditation, part remembrance, A Writer's People is a privileged insight, full of gentleness, humour and feeling, into the mind of one of our greatest writers.
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. For the "serious traveller", one who is fully engaged with the world, there can be no single view. Our author's purpose, then, "is not literary criticism or biography", but only to set out the writing and ways of seeing to which he was exposed. So here is colonial Trinidad (the early Derek Walcott and Naipaul's own father); the culture of school (Flaubert and the classical world); England, where with the help of friends the writer seeks to make his way; and, inevitably for a colonial Indian, there is India, to be approached through the residue of Indian culture and the scattered memories of nineteenth-century immigrants, leading to a special understanding of Mahatma Gandhi. Part meditation, part remembrance, A Writer's People is a privileged insight, full of gentleness, humour and feeling, into the mind of one of our greatest writers.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. For the "serious traveller", one who is fully engaged with the world, there can be no single view. Our author's purpose, then, "is not literary criticism or biography", but only to set out the writing and ways of seeing to which he was exposed. So here is colonial Trinidad (the early Derek Walcott and Naipaul's own father); the culture of school (Flaubert and the classical world); England, where with the help of friends the writer seeks to make his way; and, inevitably for a colonial Indian, there is India, to be approached through the residue of Indian culture and the scattered memories of nineteenth-century immigrants, leading to a special understanding of Mahatma Gandhi. Part meditation, part remembrance, A Writer's People is a privileged insight, full of gentleness, humour and feeling, into the mind of one of our greatest writers.
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. For the "serious traveller", one who is fully engaged with the world, there can be no single view. Our author's purpose, then, "is not literary criticism or biography", but only to set out the writing and ways of seeing to which he was exposed. So here is colonial Trinidad (the early Derek Walcott and Naipaul's own father); the culture of school (Flaubert and the classical world); England, where with the help of friends the writer seeks to make his way; and, inevitably for a colonial Indian, there is India, to be approached through the residue of Indian culture and the scattered memories of nineteenth-century immigrants, leading to a special understanding of Mahatma Gandhi. Part meditation, part remembrance, A Writer's People is a privileged insight, full of gentleness, humour and feeling, into the mind of one of our greatest writers.
A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling