Journey Through Darkness: The Writing of V.S. NaipaulStudie over het werk van de West-Indische schrijver Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (9132- ). |
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Page 125
... brought Trinidad to the attention of the European world . After the discovery of the riches of Peru and Mexico , the Spaniards were prepared to believe anything - and the In- dians had learned the wisdom of sending the hungry con ...
... brought Trinidad to the attention of the European world . After the discovery of the riches of Peru and Mexico , the Spaniards were prepared to believe anything - and the In- dians had learned the wisdom of sending the hungry con ...
Page 127
... brought cat- tle , mules , tobacco , salt , dried meat , all contraband , and Spanish government spies . The spies were useful to Picton " ( LED 169 ) . The sardonic humour of these two statements is typical of Naipaul's treatment of ...
... brought cat- tle , mules , tobacco , salt , dried meat , all contraband , and Spanish government spies . The spies were useful to Picton " ( LED 169 ) . The sardonic humour of these two statements is typical of Naipaul's treatment of ...
Page 231
... brought Naipaul full circle , back to the clearing and the hut where he discovers that even in the most familiar surroundings with those people to whom one is closest , one's knowledge is incomplete . No longer does it seem his " bad ...
... brought Naipaul full circle , back to the clearing and the hut where he discovers that even in the most familiar surroundings with those people to whom one is closest , one's knowledge is incomplete . No longer does it seem his " bad ...
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accept achieve African Area of Darkness attempt aware become believe Bend Biswas Biswas's Black Power Bobby chaos characters colonial corruption culture discovers Dorado dream El Dorado English European experience failure fantasy father fear feel Finding the Centre Ganesh George Lamming Guerrillas Hindu House human identity individual Islam island Jimmy Jimmy's journey Knights Companion London Loss Malik metropolis Middle Passage Miguel Street Mimic Mimic Men MimM Miranda Mystic Masseur Naipaul seems Naipaul's fiction Naipaul's writing narrator Negro never nonfiction novel novelist offer past political portrays postcolonial racial Ralegh Ralph Singh readers reality relationship reveals River Roche Salim Santosh satire seeks Seepersad Naipaul sense slave social society Spanish Stone story Suffrage of Elvira suggests theme things tion Trinidad Trinidadian truth Tulsis understanding V. S. Naipaul village violence vision vision of disorder West Indian words Wounded Civilization Yvette