Naipaul was a mixed bag..... take it or leave it. I loved his A House for Mr Biswas, which is based on his father. His non-fiction was bit problematic, and he acknowledge hus weaknesses, imcluding his relationship with the women in hus life. Read An Area of Darkness long ago, and I found his A Million Mutinies very tedious.
Eugene Sent from my iPad > On Aug 12, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Patrice Riemens <patr...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Aloha, > > Re: > > Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 05:13:01 +0000 (UTC) > From: George Pinto <georgejpi...@yahoo.com> > To: "Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere Mailing List" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] V. S. Naipaul > > > > Naipaul, who just passed away, had accepted a knighthood. It has always > struck me as odd that ethnic Indians, especially the intellectuals, still > crave royal handouts given colonial history. The Queen should kneel and > accept a scolding from a brown or black person for years of colonial history, > most especially since the dim-wit has never apologized for the devastation > her country caused. She is dim and could not engage in today's issues, hence > her usual silence which is taken by the apologists as being above the fray. > > Perhaps Eddie D'Sa can share his thoughts. > > George > > > Eddie d'Sa is not me (!) but I'd say George comments are a bit unfair since > the late V.S. Naipaul was an asshole in his own right (he admitted so much > himself) besides being a great writer (at least till the late 90s/early 00s), > and _not_ being Indian other than in the 'ethnic' sense, which doesn't make > great sense and made even less to him. > > And the Queen, well, as George Pompidou would have said in his teacher's day, > she's merely a 'personage' (figurehead) > > Cheers from the Southern Alps > p+2D! >
