Book #29830

Half A Life - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

V. S. Naipaul
Book #29830 Half A Life - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. V. S. Naipaul.

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
ISBN: 0330485164

An attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author V. S. Naipaul directly on the title page.

Willie Chandran's father rejected his Brahmin heritage to marry a lower caste woman, much to his regret. As an adult, Willie contrived a new identity as a bohemian writer in 1950's London. At the brink of exhaustion, he is rescued by the love of a woman who carries him to her home in Africa where he stays for 18 years, living a life not quite his own; 8vo; [vi], 211, [7] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $70.00

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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