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- catalog abstract "One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia's Shadow is a double portrait of the writing life, but it is much more, for travel and reading and emotional ups and downs are also aspects of this friendship, which is powerful and enriching and often a comedy - and, ultimately, a bridge that is burned. Built around exotic landscapes, anecdotes that are revealing, humorous, and melancholy, and three decades of mutual history, this is a very personal account of how one develops as a writer, how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life, and what constitutes the relationship of mentor and student.".
- catalog contributor b10876512.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Africa -- Famous in Kampala -- "I'm Not Everyone" -- The Kaptagat Arms -- On Safari in Rwanda -- The Writer's Writer -- Christmas Pudding -- Excursion to Oxford -- Air Letters: A Correspondence Course -- The 9:50 to Waterloo -- "I Must Keep Some Secrets" -- Lunch Party -- Sir Vidia's Shadow -- The Householder -- My Friend's Friend -- Death Is the Motif -- Tainted Vegetables -- "It's Major" -- Reversals -- Poetry of Departures -- A Wedding Is a Happy Funeral -- Literature Is for the Wounded and the Damaged -- Exchanges -- Sir Vidia's Shadow.".
- catalog description "One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia's Shadow is a double portrait of the writing life, but it is much more, for travel and reading and emotional ups and downs are also aspects of this friendship, which is powerful and enriching and often a comedy - and, ultimately, a bridge that is burned. Built around exotic landscapes, anecdotes that are revealing, humorous, and melancholy, and three decades of mutual history, this is a very personal account of how one develops as a writer, how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life, and what constitutes the relationship of mentor and student.".
- catalog extent "x, 358 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Sir Vidia's shadow.".
- catalog identifier "0395907284".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sir Vidia's shadow.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog relation "Sir Vidia's shadow.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 b 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Authors, Trinidadian 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Friendship.".
- catalog subject "Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)".
- catalog subject "Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- Influence.".
- catalog subject "PS3570.H4 Z47 1998".
- catalog subject "Theroux, Paul Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Travel writing.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Africa -- Famous in Kampala -- "I'm Not Everyone" -- The Kaptagat Arms -- On Safari in Rwanda -- The Writer's Writer -- Christmas Pudding -- Excursion to Oxford -- Air Letters: A Correspondence Course -- The 9:50 to Waterloo -- "I Must Keep Some Secrets" -- Lunch Party -- Sir Vidia's Shadow -- The Householder -- My Friend's Friend -- Death Is the Motif -- Tainted Vegetables -- "It's Major" -- Reversals -- Poetry of Departures -- A Wedding Is a Happy Funeral -- Literature Is for the Wounded and the Damaged -- Exchanges -- Sir Vidia's Shadow.".
- catalog title "Sir Vidia's shadow : a friendship across five continents / Paul Theroux.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".