Literary occasions

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From a master of the English language comes this astonishing collection of essays about reading, writing, and identity.

A remarkable companion piece to The Writer and the World, Naipaul’s previous volume of highly acclaimed essays, Literary Occasions is a stirring contribution to the fading art of the critic, and a revelation of a life in letters.

In these eleven extended pieces V. S. Naipaul charts more than half a century of personal enquiry into the mysteries of the written word and of fiction in particular. Here are his boyhood experiences of reading books and his first youthful efforts at writing them; the evolution of his ideas about the extent to which individual cultures shape identities and influence literary forms; observations on Conrad, his literary forebear; the moving preface he wrote to the only book his father ever published; and his reflections on his career, ending with his celebrated Nobel lecture, ‘Two Worlds’.

‘He is an exceptionally good and perceptive critic – a few passages on Dickens are worth whole books by others – and when he addresses the art of fiction he not only writes beautifully (as always) but with complete humility’ New Statesman

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Writer'S People

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An astonishingly candid book from the nobel laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world part meditation part remembrance a writer s people by v s naipaul is a privileged insight full of gentleness humour and feeling into the mind of one of our greatest wri 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Turn In The South

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A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery essential reading for anyone interested in american history a turn in the south is a reflective journey by v s naipaul in the late 1980s through the american south naipaul writes of his encounters with politicians redne Uiterlijk 3 december in huis .. MEER INFO

Beyond Belief

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A fascinating follow up to among the believers by one of our most brilliant writers beyond belief is a book about one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time but it is not a book of opinion it is in the naipaul way a very rich and human book full of people and their stories st Uiterlijk 3 december in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 17 juni 2011

Aantal pagina's: 224

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: V.S. Naipaul

Tweede Auteur: Michael Dibdin

Hoofduitgeverij: Picador

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Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 14 mm

Product lengte: 197 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 132 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 197 mm

Verpakking lengte: 19 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 192 g

EAN: 9780330522977

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