Between father and son : family letters

Between father and son : family letters / V.S. Naipaul ; edited by Gillon Aitken.

"In 1950, after winning a scholarship from the government of Trinidad, V.S. Naipaul, aged seventeen, left home for the first time. Following a two-week journey by steamer, he arrived in Oxford, England, a world utterly removed from the one he had longed to escape and to which he would never rea...

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Main Author: Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018
Other Authors: Aitken, Gillon R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred Knopf, 2000.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Naipaul, V. S. > (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), > 1932-2018 > Correspondence.
Naipaul, V. S. > (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), > 1932-2018 > Family.
Authors, Trinidadian > 20th century > Family relationships.
Authors, Trinidadian > 20th century > Correspondence.
Fathers and sons > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Personal correspondence.
Autobiographies.
Online Access:Sample text
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Summary:"In 1950, after winning a scholarship from the government of Trinidad, V.S. Naipaul, aged seventeen, left home for the first time. Following a two-week journey by steamer, he arrived in Oxford, England, a world utterly removed from the one he had longed to escape and to which he would never really return. This collection of letters gives us an intimate view of Naipaul's formative years."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xi, 297 pages ; 25 cm
Awards:Author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290).
ISBN:0375407308
9780375407307

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