Literary Occasions Essays
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Charting half a lifetime spent exploring the written word, these eleven articles include Naipaul's boyhood experiences of reading books and his first youthful efforts at writing them; the evolution of his ideas about the extent to which individual cultures shape identities and influence literary forms; Naipaul's observations on Conrad, his literary forebear; the moving preface...
Charting half a lifetime spent exploring the written word, these eleven articles include Naipaul's boyhood experiences of reading books and his first youthful efforts at writing them; the evolution of his ideas about the extent to which individual cultures shape identities and influence literary forms; Naipaul's observations on Conrad, his literary forebear; the moving preface...
Description:
Charting half a lifetime spent exploring the written word, these eleven articles include Naipaul's boyhood experiences of reading books and his first youthful efforts at writing them; the evolution of his ideas about the extent to which individual cultures shape identities and influence literary forms; Naipaul's observations on Conrad, his literary forebear; the moving preface he wrote to the only book his father ever published; and his reflections on his career, ending with his celebrated Nobel lecture 'Two Worlds'. A remarkable companion piece to The Writer and the World, Naipaul's previous volume of highly-acclaimed essays, Literary Occasions is a stirring contribution to the fading art of the critic, and a revelation of a life in letters.
Author Biography:
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He is the award-winning author of more than fourteen works of fiction, including The Mystic Masseur, A House for Mr Biswas, A Bend in the River and Half a Life, and twelve works of non-fiction, including the acclaimed Indian trilogy comprising An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now . In 1990, V. S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize in recognition of a 'lifetime's achievement of a living British writer'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lives in Wiltshire.
Charting half a lifetime spent exploring the written word, these eleven articles include Naipaul's boyhood experiences of reading books and his first youthful efforts at writing them; the evolution of his ideas about the extent to which individual cultures shape identities and influence literary forms; Naipaul's observations on Conrad, his literary forebear; the moving preface he wrote to the only book his father ever published; and his reflections on his career, ending with his celebrated Nobel lecture 'Two Worlds'. A remarkable companion piece to The Writer and the World, Naipaul's previous volume of highly-acclaimed essays, Literary Occasions is a stirring contribution to the fading art of the critic, and a revelation of a life in letters.
Author Biography:
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He is the award-winning author of more than fourteen works of fiction, including The Mystic Masseur, A House for Mr Biswas, A Bend in the River and Half a Life, and twelve works of non-fiction, including the acclaimed Indian trilogy comprising An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now . In 1990, V. S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize in recognition of a 'lifetime's achievement of a living British writer'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lives in Wiltshire.
| Autor | Naipaul, V. S. (Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature) |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2005 |
| Kirjastus | Pan Macmillan |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 224 |
| Pikkus | 197 |
| Laius | 197 |
| Keel | English |
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