The Writer and the World (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Naipaul
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Travel writing, Essays
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Africa or Africans, Mythology or myths, Politics, Blacks, Colonialism, Asia or Asians, India or East Indian people, South America or South Americans, Great Britain
Pankaj Mishra, who edited Naipaul’s essays for this volume, terms Naipaul’s travel writing the self-discovery of a colonial, and Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad of Indian parents, demonstrates in these essays how the colonial experience has shaped the people he encounters in his travels. Equally adept at describing the geographical and the emotional landscape, Naipaul examines the way postcolonial societies, whether in Asia, Africa, or South America, are affected by the myths, rituals, magic, and classes of their past. For Naipaul, these societies, which are essentially consumers...
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