Conversations with V. S. Naipaul (Literary Conversations Series)

By V.S. Naipaul

Book Overview

Intense, controversial, unfailingly clever, V. S. Naipaul has won nearly every major British writing award, including the prestigious Booker Award (in 1971 for In a Free State) and in 1990 was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878059458
• ISBN13: 9780878059454
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

An excellent compilation of Naipaul interviews

V.S. Naipaul is arguably the greatest author of our time. Yet although a world traveler and a master conversationalist, he is reserved and enigmatic -- a hard man to get to know. Professor Jussawalla's book compiles interviews with Naipaul that date back to the '60s, shedding light on his personal as well as literary progress. This is 'must' reading for anyone with a serious interest in V.S. Naipaul.