A Way in the World
1994 book by V. S. Naipaul.
9780394564784A Way in the World is a 1994 book by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. Although it was marketed as a novel in America, A Way in the World, which consists of linked narratives, is arguably something different.[1]
Novel or sequence?
Despite his achievements as a novelist, in later life Naipaul has described the novel as an outmoded form.[2] A Way in the World was published in the UK with the sub-title "sequence", and this is reflected in British reviews.[3] In the USA it was published as a novel, apparently at the request of the American publisher.[4]
Relationship to The Loss of El Dorado
A Way in the World is more fictional than Naipaul's earlier historical work The Loss of El Dorado (1969), which deals with some of the same material, for example the lives of Sir Walter Raleigh and Francisco de Miranda.[1] Naipaul also includes autobiographical material, partly fictionalised, which was not in the earlier book.
Recognition
The book was short-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award.
References
- ^ a b Spice, N., 1994. Inspector of the Sad Parade. Review of A Way in the World by Naipaul, V. S. London Review of Books [Online] vol. 16 no. 15 pp. 10-11. Available from http://www.lrb.co.uk/v16/n15/nicholas-spice/inspector-of-the-sad-parade [Accessed 26 March 2016].
- ^ Maya Jaggi (8 September 2001),"A singular writer", The Guardian, London.
- ^ Ronald Warwick (25 April 1997), "A voyage around V. S.", THES.
- ^ Gussow, Mel (April 24, 1994) "V. S. Naipaul in Search of Himself: A Conversation", 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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