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Voices: Nobel Laureate V S Naipaul’s personal life may have created controversies but his genius...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the obsequies for the departed, it was once customary to respect the Roman mortuary aphorism “De...
Patrick French, renowned biographer of VS Naipaul and India, dies aged 56
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrench is described by friends and peers as an ‘unfailingly generous’ human being whose writing...
Even as our allies suffer, there is reason to be grateful this Christmas
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months ago‘The world is what it is” wrote the late, great VS Naipaul. And I have always liked this simple...
Nabokov, Naipaul ... and Narcan? Kern Libraries' naloxone program still going strong
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 5—If the past three months have shown anything, it's that there's been something long overdue at our libraries, and it isn't books. It's Narcan. "We encourage everyone to come and grab ...
Lakshmi Persaud, novelist who chronicled the Indian experience in the Caribbean – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLakshmi Persaud, who has died aged 86, was inspired by the success of her fellow Trinidadian Indian,...
Sarah Ferguson: ‘I feel blessed to have looked cancer in the eye and not blinked’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Duchess of York yesterday enjoyed her first night out since her operation for breast cancer,...
‘Provincials’ Review: Bards in the Boondocks
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF ‘In college we studied Sexsphere,” writes Sumana Roy. Every time she heard the sound of that strange word, uttered by students and professors...
George Lamming, a giant of modern Caribbean writing, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeorge Lamming, a giant of post-colonial literature whose novels, essays and speeches influenced readers and peers in his native Barbados and around the world, has died at age 94. Along with ...
The Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe shortlist for the Booker Prize 2022 has been announced. The Booker Prize was first awarded in 1969 and is widely considered to be the leading award...
The assault on Salman Rushdie is a cruel reminder that the past still casts a long shadow
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the past several years, it seemed as if the threat had finally abandoned him. Before he was...