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V. S. Naipaul

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A Bend in the River is the story of an Arab-African man, Salim, and his journey through the rule of Mobutu Sese Meko of Zaire. Salim's family is of Indian descent and has lived on the eastern coast of Africa for generations. Aware of the country's growing unrest, Salim becomes unsure of the future of his family in that area. He buys a store in the interior of the country. The...

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V. S. Naipaul Biographies (5)

V. S. Naipaul

1,152 words, approx. 4 pages

V. S. Naipaul (born 1932) was one of the foremost spokespersons in English prose of the post-colonial Third World.Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born August 17, 1932, in Trinidad, where his grandfa... Read more

V. S. Naipaul

27,446 words, approx. 92 pages

Biography Essay"Half the writer's work . . . is the discovery of his subject." With this statement V. S. Naipaul declares his purpose as a writer and the object of his craft—the imaginative shap... Read more

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17,264 words, approx. 58 pages

V. S. Naipaul is both one of the most highly regarded and one of the most controversial of contemporary writers. Widely admired in North America and Europe for the lucidity of his prose style, his inc... Read more

V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul

4,285 words, approx. 15 pages

In a 1994 interview with John F. Baker, V. S. Naipaul said: “I'd like to travel some more before the body shuts down completely. But I can't travel without writing. I love to see things come out ... Read more

V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul

6,059 words, approx. 21 pages

V. S. Naipaul is a gifted contemporary novelist. No important guide to twentieth-century literature is presently without a reference to his work, which has been prolific. In the early stages of his ca... Read more