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A profound novel of cultural displacement, The Mimic Men masterfully evokes a colonial man’s experience in a postcolonial world. Born of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean island, Ralph Singh has retired to suburban London, writing his memoirs as a means to impose order on a chaotic existence. His memories lead him to recognize the paradox of his childhood during which he secretly fantasized about a heroic India, yet changed his name from Ranjit Kripalsingh. As he assesses his short-lived marriage to an ostentatious white woman, Singh realizes what has kept him from becoming a proper Englishman. But it is the return home and his subsequent immersion in the roiling political atmosphere of a newly self-governed nation that ultimately provide Singh with the necessary insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment.
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The Mimic Men, V. S. Naipaul
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- The Mimic Men
- Sottotitolo
- A Novel
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- V. S. Naipaul
- Editore
- Vintage
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 0375707174
- ISBN13
- 9780375707179
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Storia, Narrativa contemporanea, Politica, XX Secolo, Premio Nobel, Letteratura indiana
- Titolo originale
- The mimic man
- Valutazione
- 3,2 su 5
- Descrizione
- A profound novel of cultural displacement, The Mimic Men masterfully evokes a colonial man’s experience in a postcolonial world. Born of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean island, Ralph Singh has retired to suburban London, writing his memoirs as a means to impose order on a chaotic existence. His memories lead him to recognize the paradox of his childhood during which he secretly fantasized about a heroic India, yet changed his name from Ranjit Kripalsingh. As he assesses his short-lived marriage to an ostentatious white woman, Singh realizes what has kept him from becoming a proper Englishman. But it is the return home and his subsequent immersion in the roiling political atmosphere of a newly self-governed nation that ultimately provide Singh with the necessary insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment.