Between father and son: family letters
Publisher:
Alfred Knopf
Pub. Date:
2000
Edition:
1st American ed
Language:
English
Description
An “extraordinary rich correspondence” ( The New York Times Book Review ) between a seventeen-year-old aspiring writer at Oxford who would go on to become a Nobel Prize winning author and his sacrificing, beloved father. At seventeen, V.S. Naipaul wanted to "follow no other profession" but writing. Awarded a scholarship by the Trinidadian government, he set out to attend Oxford, where he encountered a vastly different world from the one he yearned to leave behind. Separated from his family by continents, and grappling with depression, financial strain, loneliness, and dislocation, "Vido" bridged the distance with a faithful correspondence that began shortly before the young man's two-week journey to England and ended soon after his father's death four years later. Here, for the first time, we have the opportunity to read this profoundly moving correspondence, which illuminates with unalloyed candor the relationship between a sacrificing father and his determined son as they encourage each other to persevere with their writing. For though his father's literary aspirations would go unrealized, Naipaul's triumphant career would ultimately vindicate his beloved mentor's legacy.
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Subjects
Authors, Trinidadian
Authors, Trinidadian -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Authors, Trinidadian -- 20th century -- Family relationships
Autobiographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Family
Family & Relationships
Family relationships
Fathers and sons
Fathers and sons -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad
Literary Criticism
Naipaul, V. S
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018 -- Family
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018. -- Correspondence
Nonfiction
Personal correspondence
Authors, Trinidadian -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Authors, Trinidadian -- 20th century -- Family relationships
Autobiographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Family
Family & Relationships
Family relationships
Fathers and sons
Fathers and sons -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad
Literary Criticism
Naipaul, V. S
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018 -- Family
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018. -- Correspondence
Nonfiction
Personal correspondence
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9780375407307
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9780307424976
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Autobiographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Family & Relationships
Fathers and sons -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad
Literary Criticism
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018 -- Family
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018. -- Correspondence
Nonfiction
Personal correspondence
Authors, Trinidadian -- 20th century -- Family relationships
Autobiographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Family & Relationships
Fathers and sons -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad
Literary Criticism
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018 -- Family
Naipaul, V. S. -- (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), -- 1932-2018. -- Correspondence
Nonfiction
Personal correspondence
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Between father and son [electronic resource] : Family letters. V. S Naipaul
Between father and son [electronic resource] : Family letters. V. S Naipaul
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Family
Family & Relationships
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Fathers and sons
Literary Criticism
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