The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul

The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul

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作者: Patrick French 著

出版社: Vintage Books USA

出版时间: 2009-11

版次: 2

ISBN: 9781400079803

定价: 121.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 554页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Vintage

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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ThefirstmajorbiographyofV.S.Naipaul,thecontroversialandenigmaticNobellaureate:astunningwriterwhoseonlystatedambitionwasgreatness,inpursuitofwhichgoalnothingelsewassacred.BeginninginrichdetailinTrinidad,whereNaipaulwasbornintoanIndianfamily,PatrickFrenchskillfullyexaminesNaipaul’slifewithinadisplacedcommunityandhisfierceambitionatschool.Hedescribeshow,onscholarshipatOxford,homesicknessanddepressionstruckwithgreatforce;thewaysinwhichNaipaul’sfirstwifehelpedhimtocopeandtheirotherwisefraughtmarriage;andNaipaul’sstrugglesthroughoutsubsequentuncertaintiesinEngland,includinghistwenty-five-year-longaffair.Naipaul’sextraordinarygift—producing,uniquely,masterpiecesofbothfictionandnonfiction—ismostofallbornofaforceful,visionaryimpulse,whoserootsFrenchtraceswithasympatheticbrillianceanddevastatinginsight. PatrickFrenchistheauthorofYounghusband,LibertyorDeathandTibet,Tibet,andisawinneroftheSundayTimesYoungWriteroftheYearAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiteratureHeinemannPrizeandtheSomersetMaughamAward.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
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ThefirstmajorbiographyofV.S.Naipaul,thecontroversialandenigmaticNobellaureate:astunningwriterwhoseonlystatedambitionwasgreatness,inpursuitofwhichgoalnothingelsewassacred.BeginninginrichdetailinTrinidad,whereNaipaulwasbornintoanIndianfamily,PatrickFrenchskillfullyexaminesNaipaul’slifewithinadisplacedcommunityandhisfierceambitionatschool.Hedescribeshow,onscholarshipatOxford,homesicknessanddepressionstruckwithgreatforce;thewaysinwhichNaipaul’sfirstwifehelpedhimtocopeandtheirotherwisefraughtmarriage;andNaipaul’sstrugglesthroughoutsubsequentuncertaintiesinEngland,includinghistwenty-five-year-longaffair.Naipaul’sextraordinarygift—producing,uniquely,masterpiecesofbothfictionandnonfiction—ismostofallbornofaforceful,visionaryimpulse,whoserootsFrenchtraceswithasympatheticbrillianceanddevastatinginsight.
作者简介:
PatrickFrenchistheauthorofYounghusband,LibertyorDeathandTibet,Tibet,andisawinneroftheSundayTimesYoungWriteroftheYearAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiteratureHeinemannPrizeandtheSomersetMaughamAward.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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