V.S. Naipaul, man and writer /

Dooley, Gillian, 1955-

V.S. Naipaul, man and writer / Gillian Dooley. - 1st ed. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2006. - 164 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-159) and index.

"Apprentice pieces": Miguel Street, The mystic masseur, and The suffrage of Elvira -- Fiction versus nonfiction : a house for Mr Biswas -- The journeys begin: The Middle Passage, An area of darkness, and The loss of El Dorado -- Branching out: Mr Stone and the knights companion, The mimic men, and A flag on the island -- Finding the correct form: In a free state -- Sex and violence: Guerrillas and A bend in the river -- Investigations abroad: middle-period nonfiction -- A definition of the writing self: The enigma of arrival -- Capturing the reality: later travel books -- Three novels: A way in the world, Half a life, and Magic seeds.

1570035873 (alk. paper) 9781570035876

2005035538


Naipaul, V. S. 1932-

PR9272.9.N32 / Z665 2006

823.914 / DOO
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