Book #34296

Literary Occasions: Essays - 1st Edition/1st Printing

V. S. Naipaul
Book #34296 Literary Occasions: Essays - 1st Edition/1st Printing. V. S. Naipaul.

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York and Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
ISBN: 0375415173

A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike, lightly rubbed dust-jacket.

A collection of eleven essays of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul cover more than hald a century of personal investigation of written expression and fiction. From his boyhood experiences of reading books to his celebrated Nobel Prize Lecture "Two Worlds"; 8vo; [2], xvi, 202, [4] pages.

Price: $50.00

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.