The Writer and the World: Essays
by Naipaul, V.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0676975194
- ISBN 13
- 9780676975192
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. First Edition stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket including some rubbing at base of spine; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition..
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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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014703
- Title
- The Writer and the World: Essays
- Author
- Naipaul, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- American First
- ISBN 10
- 0676975194
- ISBN 13
- 9780676975192
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Essays
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