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  <title><![CDATA[A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling]]></title>
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 05 09:58:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>Critics have always, understandably, had a difficult time separating V. S. Naipaul's personality from his work, and the author's arrogance and solipsism often come under fire, particularly when he attacks fellow writers. For example, in an essay on fellow Nobel laureate and Trinidadian Derek Walcott...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45463541">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 30 09:51:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Words used to describe Naipaul's work in the jacket copy of this book: &quot;Astonishing&quot;, &quot;rich&quot;, &quot;extraordinary&quot;, &quot;compassionate&quot;, &quot;rich&quot;, &quot;elegant&quot;, &quot;gentleness&quot;, &quot;humour&quot;.<br/><br/>Words Naipaul uses to describe the wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7033172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55461523">
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always been a fan of Naipaul, even if reading his recent biography was a bit painful - sometimes it's challenging separating who you want the writer to be with who he actually is. This book is pure Naipaul, a gaze back not only at his literary influences, but also his call for a more in depth s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55461523">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[V.S.Naipaul has always been interested in the disparate ways in which different cultures 'think' and 'see'. He has written about them at various times in his many books. This book is specially devoted to this subject. He deals with the way of 'seeing' by the Indian culture, by the British and by the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21544962">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 15 07:18:59 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Usually I manage to resist reading a review before I read any book. But, when it is reviewed as the main article at the London Review of Books, it becomes incredibly hard to ignore. And impossible, either due to the reaction to it or because of my admiration for the writer, if it is a Naipaul book. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15481415">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Naipaul has his sharp edges (During an interview with an author, he began a question, &quot;But getting back to your wretched book—&quot; ouch.) He also is a spectacular thinker and writer. <br/><br/>But the Flaubert portion of this writing baffles me. It seems to be him summarizing Flaubert's <u>S...</u><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48811879">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48060364">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Naipaul is such a sublime writer that it is almost impossible to see through his writing to the often irksome opinions behind it.  But this book too often reads like a victory lap for the recent Nobel Laureate, an opportunity for him to record smug judgments of fellow writers, judgments that only no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48060364">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71321948">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a very likeable man but a great writer]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[listened to audio CDs. ]]></body>
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    <review id="47056698">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting glimpses on culture and writing. But it was dry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Worth reading for Naipaul's affectionate tribute to Derek Walcott]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't care what anyone says, I like Naipaul!<br/><br/>*]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Settling scores. Lovely essay on &quot;Salammbo&quot;.]]></body>
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