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| TITLE: |
Miguel Street |
| AUTHOR: |
V.S. Naipaul |
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| INTRODUCTION
TO THE BOOK |
Miguel Street is both a nostalgic
view of childhood realled in exile and a study of the
limitations of life in 1940s Trinidad.
The vibrant community of Miguel Street
is brought to life through the eyes of a child.
Characters such as Bogart, Big Foot and Man-man refuse
to be confined by the limitations of thier everyday
existence and create a more romantic version of reality.
The growing boy delights in their humour and
eccentricity, but he gradually becomes aware that no-one
can run from reality forever. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, T.C. (born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago), better known as V. S. Naipaul, is a Trinidadian-born British writer of Indo-Trinidadian descent. Naipaul lives now in Wiltshire, England. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990. |
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