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V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)

Author of A House for Mr Biswas

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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born of Indian ancestry in Chaguanas, Trinidad on August 17, 1932. He was educated at University College, Oxford and lived in Great Britain since 1950. From 1954 to 1956, he edited a radio program on literature for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Caribbean Service. His first novel, The Mystic Masseur, was published in 1957. His other novels included A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River, Guerrillas, and Half a Life. In a Free State won the Booker Prize in 1971. He started writing nonfiction in the 1960s. His first nonfiction book, The Middle Passage, was published in 1962. His other nonfiction works included An Area of Darkness, Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, and A Turn in the South. He was knighted in 1990 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from A House for Mr Biswas… (more)
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Works by V. S. Naipaul
A House for Mr Biswas 3,302 copies, 64 reviews
A Bend in the River 3,090 copies, 57 reviews
Half a Life 1,438 copies, 24 reviews
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey 1,237 copies, 12 reviews
In a Free State 1,085 copies, 26 reviews
The Enigma of Arrival 1,040 copies, 15 reviews
An Area of Darkness 811 copies, 16 reviews
India: A Million Mutinies Now 779 copies, 6 reviews
Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples 747 copies, 6 reviews
Miguel Street 730 copies, 15 reviews
The Mystic Masseur 686 copies, 13 reviews
A Way in the World 643 copies, 4 reviews
India: A Wounded Civilization 628 copies, 7 reviews
The Mimic Men 626 copies, 7 reviews
Guerrillas 623 copies, 4 reviews
Magic Seeds 550 copies, 7 reviews
A Turn in the South 547 copies, 10 reviews
The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited 429 copies, 4 reviews
The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History 378 copies, 4 reviews
The Writer and the World: Essays 368 copies
The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief (Borzoi Books) 295 copies, 9 reviews
Literary Occasions: Essays 272 copies, 3 reviews
The Return of Eva Peron 252 copies, 4 reviews
Between Father and Son: Family Letters 207 copies, 3 reviews
Finding the Center 191 copies, 5 reviews
Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion 191 copies, 7 reviews
The Suffrage of Elvira 182 copies
A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling 174 copies, 6 reviews
Reading and Writing: A Personal Account 169 copies, 3 reviews
The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book: And Other Comic Inventions 143 copies
A Flag on the Island 106 copies
Collected Short Fiction 94 copies
The Overcrowded Barracoon 82 copies, 2 reviews
Mystic Masseur & Miguel Street 50 copies
Vintage Naipaul 33 copies
Three Novels: The Mystic Masseur; Suffrage of Elvira; Miguel Street 31 copies
2 Novels: A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River 25 copies
Proloog voor een autobiografie 20 copies
The Crocodiles of Yamoussoukro 16 copies
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Conversations with V. S. Naipaul 5 copies, 1 review
Oeuvres romanesques choisies : Dans un état libre,… 4 copies
Sacrifices 2 copies
Two worlds : Nobel lecture December 7, 2001 2 copies
Semillas mágicas (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
Tra i credenti: un viaggio nell'Islam 1 copy
Le regard et l'écrit: Traduit de l'anglais par François Rosso et Bernard… 1 copy
Rare Antique 1st Edition Among The Believers V.S. Naipaul Islam History… 1 copy
“One Out of Many” 1 copy
B. Wordsworth 1 copy
Efter kolonialväldet: Två romaner om en övergiven värld 1 copy
THE MIMIC MAN 1 copy
Blant de troende 1 copy
Half A Life 1 copy
An Area of Darkness - An Experience of India 1 copy
QYTETI BRI LUMIT 1 copy
The Middle Passage. Impressions of Five Societies-- British, French and… 1 copy
A House for Mr. Biswas Glencoe Study Guide 1 copy
Dolore 1 copy
Aastha Ke Paar 1 copy
In a Free State: One Out of Many; Tell Me Who to Kill; in a Free State… 1 copy
India A Wounded Civilization 1 copy
Bim 1 copy
magazine: "The Indepandant Magazine" 10 September, 1988 1 copy
The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book {short story} 1 copy
magazine: "The Independant Magazine" 17, September, 1988 1 copy
Le regard et l'écrit : Traduit de l'anglais par… 1 copy
Dolore (Microgrammi Vol. 1) (Italian Edition) 1 copy
La fin du roman 1 copy
Mati Mere Desh Ki (Hindi Edition) 1 copy
V ohybu řeky 1 copy
Bland de rättrogna 1 copy
The painter of signs 1 copy
Fedeli a oltranza. Un viaggio tra i popoli convertiti all'Islam.… 1 copy
The Return of Eva Peton: With Killings in Trinidad 1 copy
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Also by V. S. Naipaul
Points of View: Revised Edition (Contributor) 395 copies, 5 reviews
The Best of Modern Humor (Contributor) 283 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 57: India! The Golden Jubilee (Contributor) 192 copies
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (Contributor) 148 copies, 3 reviews
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Contributor) 141 copies, 1 review
The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 108 copies, 1 review
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories: Reissue (Oxford Books of… (Contributor) 90 copies, 1 review
Nobel Lectures: From the Literature Laureates, 1986 to 2006 (Contributor) 68 copies
The Picador Book of Journeys (Contributor) 51 copies
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Contributor) 35 copies, 8 reviews
Antaeus No. 61, Autumn 1988 - Journals, Notebooks & Diaries (Contributor) 31 copies, 2 reviews
Into the Widening World: International Coming-of-Age Stories (Contributor) 27 copies
One World of Literature (Contributor) 23 copies
The Faber Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories (Contributor) 16 copies
Naar huis (Contributor) 16 copies
Bombay: Gateway of India (Conversation with) 14 copies
Fotspår : noveller ur Sveriges radio P1:s serie Författarskap… (Contributor) 4 copies
Enjoying Stories (Contributor) 2 copies
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