Contrary Awareness: A Critical Study of the Novels of V.S. NaipaulOn the works of English novelist Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, b. 1932. |
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achieve action ambiguous area of darkness artist Baksh becomes Biswas Biswas's chaos characters colonial comic complex creative Critical Introduction culture dereliction despair detachment discovers disorder displacement dramatic dramatises election emerges existential experience fantasy father fear feeling fictional art freedom Ganesh Guerrillas Harbans Harmondsworth Hindu historical human relationships Ibid identity imagination individual inheritance irony Isabella island Jane Jimmy Ahmed journey Kenneth Ramchand kind Knights Companion Landeg White landscape living London marriage metaphor Middle Passage Miguel Street Mimic Mimic Men Mystic Masseur Naipaul seems Naipaul's fictional narrative narrator novel past pattern Paul Theroux Penguin political politician Port of Spain predicament present psychological Pundit Ralph Singh reality rebel ritual Roche role Sandra seeks Seepersad Naipaul sense shipwreck situation social society Stone story success Suffrage of Elvira symbol things third world Trinidad Tulsi V. S. Naipaul victim vision West Indian William Walsh writing