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_aNaipaul, V. S. _q(Vidiadhar Surajprasad) _d(, 1932-) |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe mimic men |
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_aLondon, _b: Picador _c, 2002. |
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_a275 p. _c; 21 cm. |
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| 520 | _aBorn of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean island, Ralph Singh has retired to suburban London, writing his memoirs as a means to impose order on a chaotic existence. His memories lead him to recognize the paradox of his childhood during which he secretly fantasized about a heroic India, yet changed his name from Ranjit Kripalsingh. As he assesses his short-lived marriage to an ostentatious white woman, Singh realizes what has kept him from becoming a proper Englishman. But it is the return home and his subsequent immersion in the roiling political atmosphere of a newly self-governed nation that ultimately provide Singh with the necessary insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment. | ||
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_aPostcolonialism _v--Fiction |
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_aPoliticians _v--Fiction |
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_aExiles _x--Fiction |
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_aMexico _x-Constitucion _x-Reformas, etc |
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_aCaribbean area _x--Fiction |
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| 655 | 7 | _aPolitical fiction | |
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