V. S.Naipaul (1932-2018), born in Trinidad of Indian parents before moving toBritain, defeated the attempts of critics to attach him to a particular belief,society, place, or race. Freed by immigration, he can aspire to a certainuniversality, using the human condition as his subject-matter; on the otherhand, like so many of his central characters, he is free only in the sense ofdrifting, and the mainly comic mood of his earlier novels is overlaid in hislater work by the sadness and realization of rootlessness. In this 1976 study, Michael Thorpe traces Naipaul's development andgrowth in stature as a novelist who is now recognized as being in a class byhimself among Caribbean writers.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1976-05-01
- Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieWriters and Their Work
- Antal sidor54
- FörlagNorthcote House Publishers Ltd
- ISBN9780582012448