Naipaul Family Letters (2019 Edition)
About This Novel
How a poor father cultivated a Nobel Prize-winning master - Naipaul's life-long pump of strength. How a poor father cultivated a Nobel Prize-winning master: Naipaul's life-long pump of strength! He was an unsuccessful reporter who lived in poverty all his life, but raised his seven children to become talented people. Two sons received the highest national scholarship to study at Oxford, one of whom won the Nobel Prize for Literature; five daughters, the eldest daughter received a scholarship to study in India, the fourth daughter and the youngest daughter received degrees in the UK, the third daughter graduated from high school and became a teacher, and the fifth daughter gave up the medical scholarship and became a successful businessman. He loves to grow flowers and appreciate paintings. He sticks to his dream of writing, but puts it behind his children's dreams. This book is a collection of letters exchanged between Nobel Prize winner Naipaul and his father when he was studying in England. Apart from being poor, old Naipaul was really a perfect and great father!
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