The Middle Passage: Impressions of Five Colonial Societies by V.S. Naipaul (Engl

Description: The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul A personal and emotional travel book from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description V. S. Naipauls first travel book takes us on a rich and emotional journey to a place of the greatest interest - his birthplace. In 1960, Dr Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of independent Trinidad, invited V. S. Naipaul to revisit his native country and record his impressions. In this classic of modern travel writing he created a deft and remarkably prescient portrait of Trinidad and the Caribbean societies of four adjacent countries, Guyana, Surinam, Martinique and Jamaica. Haunted by the legacies of slavery and colonialism, and so thoroughly defined by the norms of Empire that it can scarcely comprehend its end, Naipaul catches this poor, topsy-turvy world at a critical moment, a time when racial and political assertion had yet to catch up - a perfect subject for the acute understanding and dazzling prose of this great writer. Author Biography V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at University College, Oxford, he began to write, and since then has followed no other profession. He has published more than twenty books of fiction and non-fiction, including Half a Life, A House for Mr Biswas, A Bend in the River and most recently The Masque of Africa, and a collection of correspondence, Letters Between a Father and Son. In 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Review Naipaul travels with the artists eye and ear and his observations are sharply discerning. -- Evelyn WaughBelongs in the same category of travel writing as Lawrences books on Italy, Greenes on West Africa and Pritchetts on Spain. * New Statesman *Where earlier travellers enthused or recoiled, Mr Naipaul explains. His tone is critical but humane, and he tempers his inevitable indignation with an admirable sense of comedy. * Observer *Dazzling reportorial skills and a sharp historical mind. * New York Times Book Review * Review Quote Naipaul travels with the artists eye and ear and his observations are sharply discerning. Promotional "Headline" V. S. Naipauls first travel book takes us on a rich and emotional journey to a place of the greatest interest - his birthplace. Details ISBN0330522957 Author V.S. Naipaul Publisher Pan Macmillan Year 2011 ISBN-10 0330522957 ISBN-13 9780330522953 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 917.290452 Birth 1932 Illustrations maps Short Title MIDDLE PASSAGE Language English Residence Wiltshire, ENK Pages 272 Publication Date 2011-06-17 Subtitle Impressions of Five Colonial Societies UK Release Date 2011-06-17 AU Release Date 2011-06-17 NZ Release Date 2011-06-17 Audience Age 18 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36685963;

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