V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, into an Indian family. French examines early privations, Naipauls life within a displaced community and his talent and fierce ambition at school, which won him a scholarship to Oxford at the age of seventeen. He describes how, once in England, homesickness and depression struck with great force, and the ways in which Naipaul, supported by his first wife, overcame his double exile, culminating in the production of early masterpieces such as A House for Mr Biswas, An Area of Darkness and In a Free State.
Through the uncertainties of life in London, and later in Wiltshire, Naipaul and his wife were to stay together for over four decades, even after he embarked on an intense twenty-five-year love affair. As his reputation grew, as prizes and accolades were bestowed, as a second wave of breathtaking creation generated A Bend in the River, Among the Believers and The Enigma of Arrival, Naipaul found and sustained an extraordinary position both outside and at the centre of literary culture.
Researched with the full cooperation of its Nobel Prize-winning subject, Patrick French traces with sympathetic brilliance and devastating insight the roots of V.S. Naipauls unparalleled gift, in what will become a landmark in biography.
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V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, into an Indian family. French examines early privations, Naipauls life within a displaced community and his talent and fierce ambition at school, which won him a scholarship to Oxford at the age of seventeen. He describes how, once in England, homesickness and depression struck with great force, and the ways in which Naipaul, supported by his first wife, overcame his double exile, culminating in the production of early masterpieces such as A House for Mr Biswas, An Area of Darkness and In a Free State.
Through the uncertainties of life in London, and later in Wiltshire, Naipaul and his wife were to stay together for over four decades, even after he embarked on an intense twenty-five-year love affair. As his reputation grew, as prizes and accolades were bestowed, as a second wave of breathtaking creation generated A Bend in the River, Among the Believers and The Enigma of Arrival, Naipaul found and sustained an extraordinary position both outside and at the centre of literary culture.
Researched with the full cooperation of its Nobel Prize-winning subject, Patrick French traces with sympathetic brilliance and devastating insight the roots of V.S. Naipauls unparalleled gift, in what will become a landmark in biography.
Imprint | Macmillan Publishing Co |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | April 2008 |
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Authors | Patrick French |
Dimensions | 233 x 152 x 45mm (L x W x T) |
Pages | 555 |
Edition | Airside ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-330-45598-5 |
Barcode | 9780330455985 |
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LSN | 0-330-45598-2 |