A Turn in the South
0-670-82415-1OCLC 59695297 Novels Non-fiction
A Turn in the South is a travelogue of the American South written by Nobel Prize-winning writer V. S. Naipaul.[1] The book was published in 1989 and is based upon the author's travels in the southern states of the United States.
Naipaul has written fiction and non-fiction about life in the Caribbean, India, Africa and South America. The object of this book is to compare U.S. states such as South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, et cetera to their geographical neighbors, the nations of the Caribbean. He discusses topics such as Martin Luther King Jr., the economy, technology, industrialization, tourism, religion, rednecks, (post-)slavery and racism.
References
- ^ "A Turn in the South". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
External links
- Rednecks, Millionaires and Catfish Farms: A review of A Turn in the South, Published: February 5, 1989 The New York Times
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Works by V. S. Naipaul
- The Mystic Masseur
- The Suffrage of Elvira
- Miguel Street
- A House for Mr Biswas
- Mr Stone and the Knights Companion
- A Flag on the Island
- The Mimic Men
- In a Free State
- Guerrillas
- A Bend in the River
- The Enigma of Arrival
- A Way in the World
- Half a Life
- Magic Seeds
- The Middle Passage
- An Area of Darkness
- The Loss of El Dorado
- The Overcrowded Barracoon and Other Articles
- India: A Wounded Civilization
- A Congo Diary
- The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad
- Among the Believers
- Finding the Centre
- Reading and Writing
- A Turn in the South
- India: A Million Mutinies Now
- Bombay
- Beyond Belief
- Between Father and Son
- The Writer and the World
- Literary Occasions
- A Writer's People
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