by V. S. Naipaul · Pan MacMillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330485173
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«Half a Life» is the literary novel by V. S. Naipaul, published by Pan MacMillan in paperback (300 pages, in English).
Willie Chandran, son of a Brahmin who defied convention by becoming a missionary, grows up feeling half-made. He leaves for London, immerses himself in bohemia and love affairs, and then follows his partner to Africa, where his ideals clash with a disillusioning reality. Naipaul explores identity and rootlessness in this lucid story.
First installment of the Willie Chandran series, published in 2002 by Pan MacMillan in English; finalist for the Booker Prize in 2001.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction, especially those who appreciate the work of Nobel Prize in Literature winner V. S. Naipaul.
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.
