Book #19615

A Way in the World - 1st Edition/1st Printing

V. S. Naipaul

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London: Heinemann, 1994.
ISBN: 0434510297

Price: $260.00

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An attractive first edition/first printing in about Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in alike dust-wrapper, SIGNED and dated "4-5-94" by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page.

The New York Times says this work "spans continents and centuries to create what is at once an autobiography and a fictional archaeology of colonialism…a brilliant new prism through which to view (Naipaul's) life and work." It is a series of extended essays, meditations and dramatized historical events about historical figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Francisco de Miranda, a precursor to Bolivar's revolution; 8vo; [viii], 368, [8] pages; Signed by Author.

Author Bio

V. S. Naipaul

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V.S." Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, August 17, 1932. In 1971, Naipaul became the first person of Indian origin to win a Booker Prize for his book In a Free State. Naipaul was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

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