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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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The author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, V. S. Naipaul (1932-2018) is one of the most acclaimed authors of the twentieth century. He is also one of the most controversial. Before settling in England, Naipaul grew up in Trinidad in an Indian immigrant community, and his depiction of colonized peoples has often been harshly judged by critics as unsympathetic, misguided, racist, and sexist. Yet other readers praise his work as containing uncommonly perceptive historical and psychological insight.In V. S. Naipauls Journeys, Sanjay Krishnan offers new perspectives on the distinctiveness and power of Naipauls writing, as well as his shortcomings, trajectory, and complicated legacy. While recognizing the flaws and prejudices that shaped and limited Naipauls life and art, this book challenges the binaries that have dominated discussions of his writing. Krishnan reads Naipaul as self-subverting and self-critical, engaged in describing his own implication in what he saw as the malaise of the postcolonial world. Krishnan brings together close readings of major novels with considerations of Naipauls work as a united project, as well as nuanced assessments of Naipauls political commentary on ethnic nationalism and religious fundamentalism. Krishnan provides a Naipaul for contemporary times, illuminating how his life and work shed light on debates regarding migration, diversity, sectarianism, displacement, and other global challenges.

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281pp, 4 bw plates, 5 text figures, 24 tables, appendix (Macquarie Island Weather Notes for 1909-1910-1911). Or wraps. Rear cover detached but present, 2 pages with plates sticking at upper right. Issued January, 1940. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.

Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt). Abakan photo album. Tuva Institute of Humanitarian Studies under the Government of the Republic of Tyva, 2014. 256s. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbd53a2a199d39d479.