THE WRITER AND THE WORLD: Essays
by Naipaul, V.S.: intro by Pankaj Mishra
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. 1st edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 1st edition. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. 4to., xv, 524 pp. Cloth and paper binding, in grey dust jacket. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. Publisher matter laid in.
Synopsis
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at Oxford he began to write, and since then he has followed no other profession. He is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction and the recipient of numerous honors, including the Nobel Prize in 2001, the Booker Prize in 1971, and a knighthood for services to literature in 1990. He lives in Wiltshire, England.
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- Frey Fine Books (US)
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- 23442
- Title
- THE WRITER AND THE WORLD: Essays
- Author
- Naipaul, V.S.: intro by Pankaj Mishra
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
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