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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, illustrating how his life and work shed light on debates regarding migration, diversity, sectarianism, displacement, and other global challenges. 1.8415

Paperback. The author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, V. S. Naipaul (19322018) 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. Naipaul's Journeys, Sanjay Krishnan offers new perspectives on the distinctiveness and power of Naipaul's writing, as well as his shortcomings, trajectory, and complicated legacy. While recognizing the flaws and prejudices that shaped and limited Naipaul's 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 Naipaul's work as a united project, as well as nuanced assessments of Naipaul's 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. Sanjay Krishnan rereads V. S. Naipauls work to offer new perspectives on his achievements, 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 restricted discussions of his writing. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

First edition - first printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is clean and tight. Dust jacket in protective cover. 294 pages with index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Neuware - Sanjay Krishnan rereads V. S. Naipaul's work to offer new perspectives on his achievements, shortcomings, trajectory, and complicated legacy. While recognizing the flaws and prejudices that shaped and limited Naipaul's life and art, this book challenges the binaries that have restricted discussions of his writing.

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.

In Russian. Short description: Appun, K.F. Pod tropikami: Stranstvovanie po Venesuele. [Beneath the Tropics: Journey through Venezuela, the Orinoco, British Guiana, and the Amazon from 1845 to 1868]. St. Petersburg: printing house of the Association for Public Benefits, 1873. First edition. The book has not been reprinted. Karl Ferdinand Appun (1820-1872) was a German traveler and explorer of South America. In 1849 he was sent to Venezuela to study the natural resources of this country. After spending 10 years in Venezuela, Appun was in British Guiana and neighboring regions of Brazil in 1860-1868. In 1868-1871, Appun was in Germany, where he was engaged in the systematization and processing of materials he had collected in Brazil and Venezuela. During this time, he published a large number of articles on Indians and botanical research on the Guiana Plateau and the Amazonian jungle in various scientific journals, as well as the book Beneath the Tropics: Journey through Venezuela, Orinoco, British Guiana and the Amazon in 1849-1868. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000458 kn_nat.