Seepersad Naipaul, Amazing Scenes: Selected Journalism 1928-1953

An unrivalled and very entertaining picture of the various and sometimes bizarre strands of Indian lives in colonial Trinidad. Seepersad Naipaul is a pioneer, combining insight with high style, however strange or mundane his subject. With contextualising essays by the editors, this collection of Seepersad Naipaul's journalism is a treasure trove of Trinidad's social history, particularly the making of the Indo-Trinidadian community. It is also a celebration of the talent of a writer whose turn of phrase makes the case for journalism as art, and of Seepersad Naipaul as an outstanding intellectual.

Summary

An unrivalled and very entertaining picture of the various and sometimes bizarre strands of Indian lives in colonial Trinidad. Seepersad Naipaul is a pioneer, combining insight with high style, however strange or mundane his subject.

Product details

• Authors: Seepersad Naipaul
• Assisted by: Aaron Eastley (Editor), Nivedita Misra (Editor), Kenneth Ramchand (Editor), Professor Kenneth Ramchand (Editor), Brinsley Samaroo (Editor)
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781845235635
• ISBN: 978-1-84523-563-5
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 157 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 724 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism