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A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul | |
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About 288 pages (86,341 words) in 9 products |
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| Name: |
V. S. Naipaul | | Birth Date: |
August 17, 1932 | | Place of Birth: |
Trinidad | | Nationality: |
Bolivian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of V. S. Naipaul
1167 words, approx. 3.9 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 grandfather, an indentured worker, had come from India. An a... summary from source:
Biography of V. S. Naipaul
27416 words, approx. 91.4 pages
 "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 shaping of experience into an affecting and intelligent narrative that re... summary from source:
 Biography of V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul
17221 words, approx. 57.4 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 incisive travel journalism, and his ironic accounts of co...
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 A House for Mr. Biswas Summary
6,318 words, approx. 21 pagesA House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul The descendent of East Indian indentured servants, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad. His father, Seepersad Naipaul (1906- 53), was a journalist and an aspiring writer... summary from source:
 A House for Mr Biswas Information
227 words, approx. 1 pages
A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mr Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the...
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