Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
By: edited by Feroza Jussawalla.
Contributors: Jussawalla, Feroza F., 1953-
Series: Literary conversations series
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Naipaul, V. S. 1932- -- Interviews.; Authors, Trinidadian -- 20th century -- Interviews.; East Indians -- West Indies -- Interviews.; Developing countries -- In literature.; West Indies -- In literature.
Description: This collection brings together interviews from a thirty-six-year span and reveals a witty, sometimes scathing talker with a free-ranging curiosity. In early interviews, mostly given to such fellow writers and colleagues as Derek Walcott and Eric Roach, Naipul is clipped, brusque, and clearly impatient with interviewers. More recent interviews, given primarily to journalists rather than literary figures, reveal a more mellow Naipaul, often warm, passionate, and forthcoming about his private life.
Notes: Includes index.