"I am the sum of my books," said VS Naipaul in his 2001 Nobel Prize speech.
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GTAngler posted:Gilbakka posted:Nehru posted:GILLY, DID YOU READ THE GUERILLA, THIS IS ONE i DID NOT READ.
I read these:
1. The Mystic Masseur
2. The Suffrage of Elvira
3. Miguel Street
4. A House for Mr Biswas
5. In a Free State
6. Guerrillas
7. A Bend in the River
8. The Enigma of Arrival
9. A Way in the World
10. Half a Life
11. The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book
12. Magic Seeds
13. The Middle Passage
14. An Area of Darkness
15. The Loss of El Dorado
16. The Overcrowded Barracoon
17. India: A Wounded Civilization
18. The Return of Eva Peron
19. Among the Believers
20. Finding the Centre
21. A Turn in the South
22. India: A Million Mutinies Now
23. Beyond Belief
24. A Writer's People
25. The Masque of Africa
26. Between Father and Son
27. The Writer and the World
The only Naipaul book I ever read was Miguel Street. I started Guerilla but never finished it.
I read a way in the world. It's about Africa. He mentioned the Motoo market in South Africa as well as the consumption of dogs in Kenya which they call "red goat'.
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The sister of the late author Sir VS Naipaul has claimed that the details of her brother's funeral are being kept a secret.
Trinidad-born British writer Naipaul, who died on August 11 in London, was awarded the Booker prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature during his distinguished career.
In an exclusive interview from her Trinidad home, Savi Akal, 80, said that the three surviving siblings â herself and her sisters Nalini Chapman, 66, and Mira Enalsingh, 82 â have not been told anything about arrangements for their brotherâs funeral since he died on Saturday.
Mrs Akal said it seems his birth family is being kept in the dark over funeral arrangements for the author. Naipaul never held a funeral for his first wife, Pat, she said, so it may be that he did not request one.
Mrs Akal last saw Naipaul, 85, at his London flat in April, when the family celebrated her 80th birthday with him and his wife, Lady Nadira Naipaul.
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Today marks VS Naipaul's 86th birthday.
V.S. was a secular Hindu. The man never went to a Hindu temple as an adult;nevertheless, he saw the importance of the survival of the Hindu civilization in the clash of world civilizations. I don't think that he will get a funeral but there should be some type of commemoration of his death at a Hindu temple in London.
Naipaul made lot of enemies in his latter days.
Chief posted:Naipaul made lot of enemies in his latter days.
I saw a video where some lil indians gurls in India nearly tarred and feathered him. He referred to thier comments as banal.
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