by Patrick French · Duomo ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492723041
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«El mundo es así» is the authorised biography of Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul written by Patrick French and published by Duomo ediciones in paperback (796 pages, in Spanish).
Patrick French traces the life of V.S. Naipaul from his childhood in Trinidad and his arrival at Oxford on a scholarship to literary success in 1950s London. With access to the writer's private papers, this biography covers his career, personal relationships and the worldwide scandal surrounding its publication.
The book belongs to the Perímetro collection from Duomo ediciones and was published on 14 September 2009.
A title for readers of literary biographies and for those interested in the figure of V.S. Naipaul.
Patrick Rollo Basil French was a British writer, historian and academician. He was the author of several books including: Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer (1994), a biography of Francis Younghusband; The World Is What It Is (2008), an authorised biography of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul that won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the United States; and India: A Portrait (2011).
