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V.S. Naipaul

Among the Believers, An Islamic Journey


by V.S. Naipaul

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 430 PAGES

A tenchant account set against the backdrop of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran. (ISL17, $16.00)

An Area of Darkness

An Area of Darkness


by V.S. Naipaul

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 267 PAGES

A reflective, personal account of Naipaul's travels in India in 1962 -- a portrait of a time and place and searing, honest chronicle of the country during transition. (IDA13, $14.95)

A Bend in the River


by V.S. Naipaul

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER

The tale of a Indian merchant who moves from the East African coast to a village on the Congo. (AFR133, $15.00)

Beyond Belief, Islamic Excursions Among the Converted People

Beyond Belief, Islamic Excursions Among the Converted People


by V.S. Naipaul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

Revisiting his "Among the Believers", Naipaul returns to the Islamic nations of Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Iran. (ASA14, $17.00)

The Enigma of Arrival, A Novel


by V.S. Naipaul

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER

This autobiographical novel conjures Naipaul's dual homes on Trinidad and England, as well as his feelings of cultural detachment and alienation in a haunting series of ruminations. (GBR456, $15.95)

Father India, Westerners Under the Spell of an Ancient Culture


by Jeffrey Paine

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

A very interesting book that explores the fascination that India has exerted on writers, politicians and other vistors. (IDA165, $14.95)

A House for Mr. Biswas

A House for Mr. Biswas


by V.S. Naipaul

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 564 PAGES

Naipaul's comic masterpiece. Described as Dickensian in scope, it tells the story of an outsider struggling to find a place for himself in the complex society of Trinidad. (CRB20, $15.95)

India, A Million Mutinies Now

India, A Million Mutinies Now


by V.S. Naipaul

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

In this engaging classic Naipaul interviews people from various castes all across India, provocatively concluding that this collection of competing interests adds to India's strength. (IDA14, $16.95)

India, A Wounded Civilization

India, A Wounded Civilization


by V.S. Naipaul

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A vivid and unsentimental cultural portrait that draws together conversations with Indians, news reports, politics and literature, paying particular attention to the Hindu confrontation with the West. (IDA224, $12.95)

The Loss of El Dorado, A Colonial History

The Loss of El Dorado, A Colonial History


by V.S. Naipaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

Naipaul's trenchant history of the early years of Trinidad under the Spanish, French and British. (CRB178, $14.00)

The Masque of Africa, Glimpses of African Belief

The Masque of Africa, Glimpses of African Belief


by V. S. Naipaul

  • RELIGION
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 241 PAGES

Sacred places, spells and spirits are all of interest to Naipaul in this account of travels to Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Gabon and South Africa in search of the complex interplay of local belief, Christianity and Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. (AFR275, $16.00)

The Middle Passage, The Caribbean Revisited

The Middle Passage, The Caribbean Revisited


by V.S. Naipaul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

Novelist and travel writer Naipaul tackles the history of the Caribbean and northern South America in this incisive portrait. With chapters on Trinidad, British Guiana (Guyana), Suriname, Martinique and Jamaica. (CRB11, $16.00)

A Turn in the South


by V.S. Naipaul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 307 PAGES

Naipaul's wandering travel narrative is a poetic but profoundly disturbing portrait of the American South. (USS65, $14.95)

 

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