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Shiva Naipaul

Born

in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

February 25, 1945

Died

August 13, 1985

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Shiva Naipaul was a Trinidadian-born British novelist and journalist, known for his incisive fiction and travel writing. The younger brother of V. S. Naipaul, he studied at University College, Oxford, before publishing his debut novel, Fireflies (1970), which won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. He followed with The Chip-Chip Gatherers (1973) before turning to non-fiction with North of South (1978) and Black & White (1980), exploring postcolonial societies. His final novel, A Hot Country (1983), marked a shift in his literary style. Despite mixed critical reception during his lifetime, his work has since been reassessed for its sharp prose and unique perspective. ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 1,157 ratings · 156 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	North of South 3.84 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1978 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireflies 3.73 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1970 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chip-Chip Gatherers 3.70 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hot Country: (Love and Death In a Hot Country) by Shiva Naipaul, V.S. Naipaul 3.44 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy 4.25 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Dragon's Mouth 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black and White 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unfinished Journey 3.71 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1987 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man of Mystery and Other Stories 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“For Baby, the marriage was a bad one, but it never entered her head that she might complain or refuse to marry Ram. . . . Fortunately, in her eyes what others might have considered an injustice, she considered a law of life.”
― Shiva Naipaul, Fireflies

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“Divorce of the intellect from body-labour has made of us the shortest-lived, most resourceless and most exploited nation on earth.(This is about Indians - due to caste division).”
― Naipaul Shiva

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“He had lacked the courage to concede there was truth in what she said. Not the whole truth. Nor the truth he would have described it. He would have liked to explain that the compassion he felt for her – and the tender pity to which it gave rise – were for him indistinguishable from what was commonly called love. He would have liked to explain that he was not capable of loving in any other way. For, if compassion and tender pity did not create love – what did? If they weren’t good enough – what was? There were, no doubt, other ways of loving; but they were beyond his reach. One person’s love for another, he would have liked to tell her, is always unique. People can only do what they can; be what they are.”
― Shiva Naipaul, A Hot Country: (Love and Death In a Hot Country)

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