tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post5374884013216803068..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Nasty Naipaulbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-30073935843309834702008-08-27T08:18:00.000+08:002008-08-27T08:18:00.000+08:00Paul Theroux is a fraud! He implies in his writin...Paul Theroux is a fraud! He implies in his writing that Naipaul is a miser! Well you always see Naipaul inviting him and his wife to dinner even when he was a living in Wiltshire, struggling in a sense, because his books/writing were not widely acclaimed. I ask, did you see Paul T. inviting Naipaul to his residence for dinner at anytime in his writing? He tried to damage Naipaul!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-48254711565422261162008-04-10T19:38:00.000+08:002008-04-10T19:38:00.000+08:00saras - the article bu linklater appeared in the t...saras - the article bu linklater appeared in the times first and <I>here's the link</I><BR/><BR/>and quite right, an author stands or falls by the books he produces, not by the kind of person he is. <BR/><BR/>(as any reader of this blog knows and i'm a very big fan of burgess but i wonder if i'd actually have liked the guy if i'd known him?)<BR/><BR/>haven't read much naipaul, but thought "a bend in the river" excellent and remember much about it though i read it ... oooh let's see 22 years ago, while i was living in africa.<BR/><BR/>but don't be too hard on theroux, saras, without reading his book. to have thought naipaul a friend and then been disillutioned ... well that hurts. and theroux's writing is pretty good too! <BR/><BR/>but i enjoyed the bloodletting of theroux's article. ins't bitchiness fun?bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-91170077741263482292008-04-10T18:48:00.000+08:002008-04-10T18:48:00.000+08:00He's well-read enough to be V.S. Naipaul and not V...He's well-read enough to be V.S. Naipaul and not V.S. who ? so I guess he must have done something right. And yea, I suppose he's honest if nothing else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-41775544880713846812008-04-10T13:28:00.000+08:002008-04-10T13:28:00.000+08:00Well, Paul. Why don't you REALLY tell us how you f...Well, Paul. Why don't you REALLY tell us how you feel.<BR/><BR/>There's nothing like being dumped by the object of your affection, is there. I never liked Naipaul personally, anyway; his racism frequently gets in the way of a good read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-38774792327693915502008-04-10T10:43:00.000+08:002008-04-10T10:43:00.000+08:00Sharon, there's an excellent article in the NST to...Sharon, there's an excellent article in the NST today by Magnus Linklater, headlined: "An egomaniac but an honest one". It is a must read for those like Paul Theroux who confuse Naipaul the 'hateful' man as may be with Naipaul the writer.It is riveting reading as the authorised biography must surely be. Authorised! Just imagine, he enabled complete independence to the writer, allowed everything to be revealed, ugly, unsavoury warts and all. That says volumes for his honesty. The article concludes and most writers will concur:"Naipaul has demonstrated that in the end the truth is more important than the image. And that is the emblem of a great writer". Paul Theroux, are you listening?<BR/><BR/>sarasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-47038820620811443352008-04-10T08:52:00.000+08:002008-04-10T08:52:00.000+08:00You're right, Sharon, makes me want to read it imm...You're right, Sharon, makes me want to read it immediately! Even if I've never read any of Naipaul's books. It's a naipaul-ling admission! <BR/><BR/>-PoppadumdumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-59002304102222861322008-04-09T21:44:00.000+08:002008-04-09T21:44:00.000+08:00Am not sure about the other aspects of his charact...Am not sure about the other aspects of his character, but a strong revulsion for blacks and dark skinned runs through his narratives..<BR/><BR/>If I am not mistaken, in "Bend in the River" his protoganist Salim spits at a black woman after making love to her..ostensibly angry at himself for having being aroused by an inferior woman. Naipaul amplifies this theme in a short-story written for the New Yorker two years ago.<BR/><BR/>Remember what someone said- Derek Walcott?, if Naipaul had written about Jews the way he did on blacks, what sort of literary career - not to mention the awards, Nobel- he would have had?<BR/><BR/>Rajanasiansinemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282416192074781715noreply@blogger.com