The Writer and the World: Essays
 First edition | |
| Author | V. S. Naipaul |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Essays |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 13 August 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 544 pp |
| ISBN | 0-375-40739-1 |
| OCLC | 231964839 |
| 824/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR9272.9.N32 W74 2002 |
The Writer and the World (2002) is a collection of essays and reportage, many previously published, spanning the fifty-year career of Trinidad-born British writer V. S. Naipaul. The book contains some of Naipaul's most notable essays on post-colonial India, Trinidad, and Zaire. Originally published in the United States by Knopf, it was issued in paperback by Vintage in 2003. The book is edited and introduced by Pankaj Mishra.
External links
- book review in The New York Times
- book review in The New York Times Book Review
- book review in The Weekly Standard
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