V.S. Naipaul, Second Edition

By Bruce Alvin King

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403904561
• ISBN13: 9781403904560
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.6"