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8ballrollin · 12-03-2010, 06:05 PM

MW, it's been a while since you posted this summary, but I just saw it today and have a question:

Did you see the beating of his lover as symbolic (native/colonial and Africa/Europe love hate relationship) or something else – like drawing on the author's life?

As SU alludes, I believe if this book was published today it would be widely criticized for its unflattering, but honest, portrayal of the indigenous. Unquestionably Naipaul is a master of the English language, though a bad person.

12-03-2010, 06:05 PM	#4
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	MW, it's been a while since you posted this summary, but I just saw it today and have a question: Did you see the beating of his lover as symbolic (native/colonial and Africa/Europe love hate relationship) or something else – like drawing on the author's life? As SU alludes, I believe if this book was published today it would be widely criticized for its unflattering, but honest, portrayal of the indigenous. Unquestionably Naipaul is a master of the English language, though a bad person. __________________ "Five to one... One in five No one here gets out alive"