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‘From Tonka Beans to Magic Seeds: VS Naipaul’s Late Career Fiction of Self-Retrospect'

Authors: Dix, H.

Editors: Maharaj, J.V.

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press.

Place of Publication: London

ISBN: 9781845234386

Abstract:

This chapter uses career construction theory to argue that the work produced late in Naipaul's career revisits some of the themes of his earlier, career-making novel 'A House for Mr Biswas' in a way that represents the author critically reflecting on his career as author.

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