The Mimic Men - Couverture rigide

Naipaul, V. S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0233958843 ISBN 13 : 9780233958842

Editeur : HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1967

Synopsis

This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A profound novel of cultural displacement, The Mimic Men masterfully evokes a colonial man’s experience in a postcolonial world.

Born of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean island, Ralph Singh has retired to suburban London, writing his memoirs as a means to impose order on a chaotic existence. His memories lead him to recognize the paradox of his childhood during which he secretly fantasized about a heroic India, yet changed his name from Ranjit Kripalsingh. As he assesses his short-lived marriage to an ostentatious white woman, Singh realizes what has kept him from becoming a proper Englishman. But it is the return home and his subsequent immersion in the roiling political atmosphere of a newly self-governed nation that ultimately provide Singh with the necessary insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment.

Revue de presse :

“A Tolstoyan spirit.... The so-called Third World has produced no more brilliant literary artist.”–John Updike, The New Yorker

“Ambitious and successful.”–The Times (London)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Date d'édition: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0233958843
• ISBN 13: 9780233958842
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304