Conversations with V. S. Naipaul (Literary Conversations)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0878059458 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 174 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Back Cover This collection brings together interviews from a thirty-six-year span and reveals a witty, sometimes scathing talker with a free-ranging curiosity. . More recent interviews, given primarily to journalists rather than literary figures, reveal a more mellow Naipaul, often warm, passionate, and forthcoming about his private life. In early interviews, mostly given to such fellow writers and colleagues as Derek Walcott and Eric Roach, Naipul is clipped, brusque, and clearly impatient with interviewers
sureshd@ttuhsc.edu said An excellent compilation of Naipaul interviews. V.S. Naipaul is arguably the greatest author of our time. Yet although a world traveler and a master conversationalist, he is reserved and enigmatic -- a hard man to get to know. Professor Jussawalla's book compiles interviews with Naipaul that date back to the '60s, shedding light on his personal as well as literary progress. This is 'must' reading for anyone with a serious interest in . Well? Dex Quire The book is well put together but I wonder if V. S. Naipaul is any kind of interview subject at all. The interviews seem to be three parts boasting, three parts self pity, three parts wild assertion and one part incisive literary insight that leaves you begging for more literary judgment; let's see, that adds up to ten, I guess. Ten what? I don't know. Naipaul seems to have a formidable . "The Best." according to Muhammad A. Quddus. I enjoy his work when I listen on audio. It is a delight listening to his writing on 'The Writer's People.' It is equally delightful to hear his work on 'Half a Life.' You are laughing but at the same time you are sweating. You are sweating because his character is thrown into circumstances he has yet to figure out. The events are moving in fast pace and his character is way behind and m
All that he puts under his microscope--nations, peoples, religions, or ethnic groups--are targets of his clear-sightedness, and he shows no patience with pretense or delusions.This collection brings together interviews from a thirty-six-year span and reveals a witty, sometimes scathing talker with a free-ranging curiosity, but one who dreads intimacy and cherishes a solitary detachment. S. Naipaul has won nearly every major British writing award, including the prestigious Booker Award (in 1971 for In a Free State) and in 1990 was knighted for his literary accomplishments. More recent interviews, given primarily to journalists rather than literary figures, reveal a maturing Naipaul, often warm, passionate, and forthcoming about his private life.. Intense, controversial, unfailingly clever, V. This collection shows the changing faces of this world-class author. Born of Indian parents in Trinidad in 1932, he has little sympathy for the land of his birth or forefathers. In early interviews, mostly given to such fellow writers and colleagues as Derek Walcott and the po