Literarischer #11August

„Man muss mit kleinen Dingen starke Effekte erzielen.“

#VSNaipaul Tod 2018

GRANTA: In Conversation
Pico Iyer & Caryl Phillips

‘The immigrant’s dream – that he or she can make a better life for the children – becomes a kind of tragedy when it comes true.’

Pico Iyer and Caryl Phillips discuss migration, V. S. Naipaul and the meaning of home.

#GRANTA #PicoIyer #CarylPhillips #Literature #Poetry #Art #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #English #VSNaipaul #Humanities #Immigrants #Magazines #Books

https://granta.com/in-conversation-pico-iyer-caryl-phillips/?fbclid=IwAR3K3EJEoYcQ6BwNGrVgtjjD4Mofs16A4CpAjZiCdP1ZgUr1czIebIT8RWE

I've long wondered if V.S. Naipaul will be forgotten or even decanonized in the next decade or so. He was a thoroughly mean and nasty man and an often needlessly cruel writer who loved punching down and wallowing in ugly colonial tropes. I hated A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS, but I did like A BEND IN THE RIVER (though with significant reservations). Howard French has an interesting new essay on the latter.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/12/22/naipauls-unreal-africa-a-bend-in-the-river-vs-naipaul/

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