V.S. NAIPAUL was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a
scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College,
Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other
profession.
His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic
Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The Enigma
of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a
Free State. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed,
include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The
Masque of Africa, and a trio of books about India: An Area of
Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A
Million Mutinies Now.
In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to
literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen
British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature
in 2001. He died in 2018.
“Whatever his literary form, Naipaul is a master.” —The New York
Review of Books
“This is India. I don’t know any other book that comes so near to
capturing the whole crazy spectrum. . . . Brilliant.” —The
Observer
“His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to
the slow hand-in-hand revelation of both India and himself. . . .
There is a kind of displaced person who has a better sense of place
than anybody: Mr. Naipaul is an outstanding example.” —The Times
(London)
“[Naipaul’s] penetrating, opinionated travel writing . . . makes up
a remarkable running commentary on the clash of civilizations.”
—The New York Times
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