Sir Vidia's shadow

a friendship across five continents

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Sir Vidia's shadow

a friendship across five continents

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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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Publisher
M&S
Language
English
Pages
357

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Sir Vidia's shadow: a friendship across five continents
1999, Penguin
in English
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Sir Vidia's shadow: a friendship across five continents
1998, Houghton Mifflin
in English

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Toronto

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3570.H4 Z47 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
357 p.
Number of pages
357

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Open Library
OL32142171M
Internet Archive
sirvidiasshadowf0000ther
ISBN 10
0771085060, 0771085079
ISBN 13
9780771085062, 9780771085079
OCLC/WorldCat
39523052
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