bs2Amitav Ghosh on V.S. Naipaul
> .. it is as though Naipaul’s work were a whetstone against which to sharpen my own awareness of the world.. I read everything he wrote, with a close and often combative attention..
> It is a measure of his influence that in the West today, travel writers are taken seriously only to the degree to which they are able to replicate the familiar #Naipaulean tone of derision.
https://amitavghosh.com/other-works-contributions/essays-and-posts/naipaul-and-the-nobel/
#AmitavGhosh #VSNaipaul #NaipaulAndTheNobel #NobelPrize
> .. it is as though Naipaul’s work were a whetstone against which to sharpen my own awareness of the world.. I read everything he wrote, with a close and often combative attention..
> It is a measure of his influence that in the West today, travel writers are taken seriously only to the degree to which they are able to replicate the familiar #Naipaulean tone of derision.
https://amitavghosh.com/other-works-contributions/essays-and-posts/naipaul-and-the-nobel/
#AmitavGhosh #VSNaipaul #NaipaulAndTheNobel #NobelPrize