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His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa, and a trio of books about India: An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the ...
Abstract. Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad (V.S. Naipaul) was born in Trinidad in 1932. His works have been an enduring focus between rich and poor, colonizer and colonized. In The New York Review of ...
About this audiobook. “A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.”. But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the ...
About Miguel Street. A tender, funny novel written with the verve of Dickens and the passion of Chekhov, set during World War II in a derelict neighborhood in Trinidad’s capital and narrated by an unnamed boy—from the Nobel Prize-winning author.“One of the few contemporary writers of whom we can speak in terms of greatness.” —Newsday ...
3 mar 2023 · Miguel Street, written by V.S. Naipaul, is a collection of short stories set in Port of Spain, Trinidad during the 1940s and 1950s.The book explores various themes such as poverty, identity ...
Abstract The present paper attempts the relationship of gender and their beliefsbased on V.S. Naipaul‟s novel Miguel Street. Through a brief discussion on the cultural construction of gender, it elaborates the marginal positions of gender which depicts the male bounded society which is conventional and not accepted in the present society.
Miguel Street is a collection of short stories written by V.S. Naipaul that provides a vivid portrayal of life in a poor, working-class neighborhood in Trinidad during the 1940s and 1950s. Naipaul’s unique writing style and attention to detail make this book a captivating read, as he delves into the lives of the colorful characters who inhabit Miguel Street.
