V.s naipaul as a Travelogue writer
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V.S. Naipaul was a prolific travel writer from Trinidad known for his insightful travelogues about post-colonial societies. Some of his most notable works include a trilogy of books about India published over several decades where he revisited the country and chronicled its social, political, and economic changes. His first book "An Area of Darkness" portrayed a fearful perspective of India but later works showed a more positive view as he recognized signs of national development and emancipation. Naipaul also wrote travelogues about his native Trinidad and the Caribbean, offering deft portraits of regions still haunted by their colonial pasts. As a writer, Naipaul remained an insatiable traveler both
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- 3. Insatiable Traveler • The author or a fictional surrogate visits or revisits a place and unveils the full richness of its people. • As a writer, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul remains an insatiable traveler; his journeys are interior as well as geographic. .
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- 9. Works cited • GUSSOW, MEL. "Travel Plus Writing Plus Reflection Equals V.S. Naipaul." The new york times company (1991). • Naipaul, V.S. An Area of Darkness. vintage, 2002. —. India: A wounded civilization. Pan Macmillan, 2010. —. The middle Passage. Penguin random house: Vintage, 2002. • wikipedia contributors. wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 12 february 2018. 13 august 2018 < https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=India:_A_Million_Mutin ies_Now&oldid=825340187>.