 First edition cover | |
| Author | V.S. Naipaul |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | Knopf, 1994 |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 380 |
| ISBN | 9780394564784 |
| OCLC | 29519580 |
A Way in the World is a 1994 book byNobel laureateV. S. Naipaul. Although it was marketed as a novel in America,A Way in the World, which consists of linked narratives, is arguably something different.[1]
Despite his achievements as a novelist, in later life Naipaul has described the novel as an outmoded form.[2]A Way in the World was published in the UK with the sub-title "sequence", and this is reflected in British reviews.[3]In the USA it was published as a novel, apparently at the request of the American publisher.[4]
A Way in the World is more fictional than Naipaul's earlier historical workThe Loss of El Dorado (1969), which deals with some of the same material, for example the lives of SirWalter Raleigh andFrancisco de Miranda.[1] Naipaul also includes autobiographical material, partly fictionalised, which was not in the earlier book.
The book was short-listed for theInternational Dublin Literary Award.
 | This article about a 1990s novel is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article'stalk page. |
 | This article aboutpostcolonialism is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |