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Size: 0x0x0; 1st printing of 1st trade edition (a signed limited first edition preceded this printing). Good+ hardcover with good DJ, NOT ex-library. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Interior appears free of markings. Edges have age-toning, foxing to edges of text block, light shelfwear. Price-clipped dust jacket has small tears along edges, now protected in Mylar wraps. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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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.