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One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia's Shadow is a double portrait of the writing life, but it is much more, for travel and reading and emotional ups and downs are also aspects of this friendship, which is powerful and enriching and often a comedy - and, ultimately, a bridge that is burned.
Built around exotic landscapes, anecdotes that are revealing, humorous, and melancholy, and three decades of mutual history, this is a very personal account of how one develops as a writer, how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life, and what constitutes the relationship of mentor and student.
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Friends and associates, Biography, Influence, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), American Authors, Trinidadian Authors, Travel writing, Friendship, Men, Influencia, Autores Americanos, Biografia, Belletristische Darstellung, Amistad, Relatos de viajes, Autores trinitarios, Biografía, Amigos y asociados, Influencia (Literaria, artística, etc.), Indic Authors, Authors, Indic, Authors, American, Theroux, paul, 1941-, Naipaul, v. s. (vidiadhar surajprasad), 1932-2018, Authors, biography, New York Times reviewed, Amis et relations, Écrivains américains, Biographies, Authors, caribbeanPeople
V. S. Naipaul (1932-), Paul Theroux, V. S. Naipaul (1932), Vidiadhar S. Naipaul, V. S. Naipaul (1932-2018), Naipaul. V. S. (1932-)Times
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Sir Vidia's shadow: a friendship across five continents
1999, Penguin
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Sir Vidia's shadow: a friendship across five continents
1998, M&S
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Sir Vidia's shadow: a friendship across five continents
1998, Houghton Mifflin
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"One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia's Shadow is a double portrait of the writing life, but it is much more, for travel and reading and emotional ups and downs are also aspects of this friendship, which is powerful and enriching and often a comedy - and, ultimately, a bridge that is burned." "Built around exotic landscapes, anecdotes that are revealing, humorous, and melancholy, and three decades of mutual history, this is a very personal account of how one develops as a writer, how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life, and what constitutes the relationship of mentor and student."--Jacket.
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