A Writer's People V. S. Naipaul

• Auteur : V. S. Naipaul
• Editeur : Macmillan Publishers Ltd
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/06/2011
• Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg
• Nombre de pages : 193
• Dimensions : 19.9 x 13.1 x 1.7

Critique / Article
Naipaul offers a liberating frankness. It's a rare and oddly exhilarating thing to encounter a master so manifestly unconcerned with being liked . . . The reputations of Austen, James and Hardy, after all, will most likely survive Naipaul's disdain, but if even one outraged devotee of those giants is turned on to Bond or Selvon or Chaudhuri, then A Writer's People will have done a noble service. -- Ottawa Citizen [W]hat remains impressive . . . is Naipaul's sense of wonder at the worlds he has discovered. . . . Few writers have traveled as far from their origins as Naipaul has, and done it so willingly and with such single-mindedness, and few have regretted that estrangement quite so much. -- The New York Times A brilliant work from a man who more than anybody else embodies what it means to be a writer. --The Observer Naipaul writes wonderfully well. He is opinionated, tells gripping stories, loves beyond all else the specificity of details. --The Independent Told in elegantly succinct prose, this deft book offers glimpses of autobiography as well as biography. --Daily Mail

From the Hardcover edition.