TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramadevi, N.
TI  - The novels of V.S. Naipaul: quest for order and identity
SN  - 81852180064
U1  - In 823.914 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Prestige Books
KW  - Naipaul,V.S - Literary criticism
KW  - Indian English literature
KW  - Order (Philosophy) in literature
KW  - Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018
KW  - Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
N2  - The present study aims at analyzing Naipaul's quest for order and identity in his novels with the Third World setting, namely The Mystic Masseur, The Suffrage of Elvira, A House for Mr. Biswas, The Mimic Men, In a Free State, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River and the recently published A Way in the World. Naipaul's novels examine, from the perspective of a "perpetual exile", post-colonial societies, their creeds and cultures. In his complex orchestration of resonances arising from identities-the Caribbean, the Asian, the Hindu-Naipaul reveals an "interestitial" quality in his work as it analyzes the socio-historical and political consciousnesses
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