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The things he left us: The inheritance of Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe took on Conrad as a "bloody racist." He said Naipaul "sold himself to the west." At a time when Africa is still depicted as a continent in need of charity, and racist heritage of colonialism is muted, Achebe stood for the dignity of his people. #Inpraiseof #V. S. Naipaul #Africa #Chinua Achebe #Joseph Conrad
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Why Naipaul and the literary establishment are so, so wrong
Whatever Sir Vidia thinks, the real battle for R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the literary world is not between men and women. It's between literary fiction and popular fiction. #ThatsJustWrong #Literature #LitCrit #V. S. Naipaul #Chick lit #Jane Austen
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What writing can do that nothing else can: Naipaul
If there is a grand old man of letters at the Goa Thinkfest it's undoubtedly VS Naipaul. When he appeared on stage, chatting with Tarun Tejpal, he was in a kindly grandfather mode, happily playing a twinkling indulgent Yoda to Tejpal's Hans Solo. #Literature #V. S. Naipaul #Charles Dickens #ThinkFest #VS Naipaul
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The New York TimesEditor’s Letter | Away We Go
Travel journalism often falls into one of two camps — the highly didactic and servicey piece, “go here, stay there, see that,” or the long-winded narrative in which the writer has the experience and we are meant to be satisfied by the first-person blow-b #Evelyn Waugh #Edith Wharton #Airbnb
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The HinduTreasures found in ‘lostness’
t’s good to have London rare book dealer Rick Gekoski return (somewhat) to the kind of thing he did in Tolkien’s Gown with his new book, Lost, Stolen or Shredded: Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature. Outside of a Dog, his follow-up book, an en #London #Philip Larkin #Lord Byron
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Boston ReviewBR — Pranab Bardhan: "Little, Big"
MAY/JUNE 2013 Two Ideas About Fighting Global Poverty Pranab Bardhan A study of less developed countries is to economics what the study of pathology is to medicine; by understanding what happens when things do not work well, we gain insight into how they #India #China #Joseph Stiglitz