{"product_id":"v-s-naipaul-second-edition","title":"V.S. Naipaul: Second Edition","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Manjit Inder Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2nd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8170337038\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 December 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSale Territory:\u003c\/strong\u003e India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis in-depth critical study examines the literary journey of \u003cstrong\u003eNobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul\u003c\/strong\u003e, a writer who has consistently engaged with some of the most controversial and complex issues of our time. Since beginning his career in the late 1950s, Naipaul has acted as a sharp dissector of civilizations, cultures, and histories, traversing regions from the \u003cstrong\u003eWest Indies and India to Africa, the Islamic world, and South America\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough his speculative yet skeptical lens, Naipaul has explored virtually every dimension of humanity’s interaction with \u003cstrong\u003epower, authority, and oppression\u003c\/strong\u003e, unflinchingly addressing uncomfortable themes like \u003cstrong\u003epost-colonial displacement, inauthenticity, multiracialism, and the vast diasporic dispersal across continents\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManjit Inder Singh’s work delves into \u003cstrong\u003eNaipaul’s place in the diaspora\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering fresh insights into his role as a writer and situating his oeuvre within \u003cstrong\u003edominant critical theories and literary practices\u003c\/strong\u003e of contemporary times. The book sheds light on how Naipaul’s writing reflects the tensions and contradictions of identity in a post-imperial, globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManjit Inder Singh\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches English at \u003cstrong\u003ePunjabi University, Patiala\u003c\/strong\u003e. His academic interests span \u003cstrong\u003eIndian, African, West Indian, Canadian, and other Third World literatures\u003c\/strong\u003e. He has authored an anthology of poems titled \u003cem\u003eMilestones\u003c\/em\u003e and the critical work \u003cem\u003eThe Poetics of Alienation and Identity: V.S. Naipaul and George Lamming\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rawat Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038515630384,"sku":"DRG.RawatPublications_8170337038","price":712.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71_kDgzPVML.jpg?v=1756391845","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/v-s-naipaul-second-edition","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}