India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul audiobook

India: A Million Mutinies Now

By V. S. Naipaul
Read by Sam Dastor

Blackstone Publishing 9780307739735

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781665092319

  • ISBN: 9781665092302

  • ISBN: 9781665092326

Runtime: 24.77 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/History
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim and chaos of random political forces. This book represents Naipaul’s last word on his homeland, complementing his two other India travelogues, An Area of Darkness and India: A Wounded Civilization.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Intricate, splendid, and utterly memorable.” New York Times Book Review
“Warm, human, rich with a cacophony of Indian voices, India: A Million Mutinies Now is about the passions and tragedies of a nation caught between the rush of modernity and the power of tradition… An indispensable book for understanding India at the end of the twentieth century.” Washington Post
“Brilliant.” The Spectator (London)

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Author Bio: V. S. Naipaul

Author Bio: V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018) was the author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction. His honors include the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Booker Prize, the Trinity Cross, and a knighthood for services to literature. He was named a finalist for the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for achievement in fiction. He was born in Trinidad in 1932 and went to Oxford on a scholarship in 1950.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 24.77
Audience: Adult
Language: English