The Writer and the World Tapa dura - 2002

Hardcover. Fine.

Knopf, New York, 2002. First edition. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket, book has light corner bumps, dust jacket has light edge wear and creasing along spine.Spanning four decades and four continents, this magisterial volume brings together the essential shorter works of reflection and reportage by our most sensitive, literate, and undeceivable observer of the post-colonial world. In its pages V. S. Naipaul trains his relentless moral intelligence on societies from India to the United States and sees how each deals with the challenges of modernity and the seductions of both the real and mythical past.Whether he is writing about a string of racial murders in Trinidad; the mad, corrupt reign of Mobutu in Zaire; Argentina under the generals; or Dallas during the 1984 Republican Convention, Naipaul combines intellectual playfulness with sorrow, indignation, and analysis so far-reaching that it approaches prophecy. The Writer and the World reminds us that he is in a class by himself.

Knopf. Used - Good. Bargain book!

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Hardcover. pp. xv, 524. 8vo. Light shelfwear, very good in very good- dustjacket.

Knopf, 2002. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0676975194 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 9.53 X 6.57 X 1.73 inches; 544 pages .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. First Edition stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket including some rubbing at base of spine; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition..

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Canada. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0676975194 . Tight unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 9.53 X 6.57 X 1.73 inches; 544 pages .

Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0676975194 . Tight unmarked book in crisp dust jacket with touch of wear to two corners. ; 9.53 X 6.57 X 1.73 inches; 544 pages .