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Insightful journey into Naipaul's complex genius.
If you're fascinated by the stories behind celebrated authors, this biography offers a penetrating glimpse into V.S. Naipaul's life. It lays bare his ambitions, personal struggles, and the unwavering pursuit of literary greatness. French's narrative doesn't shy away from Naipaul's contentious personality, creating a full, unvarnished portrayal that could change how you see his work.
- Hawthornden Prize (2009)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2008)
- Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2008)
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ISBN: 9781400079803
Authors:
Patrick French
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2009-11-03
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.14
(rated by 485 readers)
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The first major biography of V.S. Naipaul, the controversial and enigmatic Nobel a stunning writer whose only stated ambition was greatness, in pursuit of which goal nothing else was sacred.Beginning in rich detail in Trinidad, where Naipaul was born into an Indian family, Patrick French skillfully examines Naipaul’ s life within a displaced community and his fierce ambition at school. He describes how, on scholarship at Oxford, homesickness and depression struck with great force; the ways in which Naipaul’s first wife helped him to cope and their otherwise fraught marriage; and Naipaul’s struggles throughout subsequent uncertainties in England, including his twenty-five-year-long affair.Naipaul’s extraordinary gift—producing, uniquely, masterpieces of both fiction and nonfiction—is most of all born of a forceful, visionary impulse, whose roots French traces with a sympathetic brilliance and devastating insight.
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Insightful journey into Naipaul's complex genius.
If you're fascinated by the stories behind celebrated authors, this biography offers a penetrating glimpse into V.S. Naipaul's life. It lays bare his ambitions, personal struggles, and the unwavering pursuit of literary greatness. French's narrative doesn't shy away from Naipaul's contentious personality, creating a full, unvarnished portrayal that could change how you see his work.
- Hawthornden Prize (2009)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (2008)
- Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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