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The Loss of El Dorado
by V. S Naipaul
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 9x5x1. [Stated First American edition] Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket differs from pictured. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Faint foxing to edge. Clean, unmarked pages. 335 p., index, 21 cm. <br> Focusing on the early 19th century, when British occupants inflicted a reign of terror on the island's black population, V.S. Naipaul's recreation of the history of Trinidad exposes the barbaric cruelties of slavery and torture and their consequences on all strata of society - from the idealist to the reactionary - in an account which penetrates aspects of a complex society. <br> V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the Swedish Academy called 'suppressed histories,' Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
Synopsis
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at Oxford he began to write, and since then he has followed no other profession. He is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction and the recipient of numerous honors, including the Nobel Prize in 2001, the Booker Prize in 1971, and a knighthood for services to literature in 1990. He lives in Wiltshire, England.
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- 2307070029
- Title
- The Loss of El Dorado
- Author
- V. S Naipaul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 9x5x1
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
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