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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
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- Année de publication
- 2001
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- État du livre
- Très bon
- Prix
- 5,49 €
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- Titre
- The Mimic Men
- Sous-titre
- A Novel
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- V. S. Naipaul
- Éditeur
- Vintage
- Publié
- 2001
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 0375707174
- ISBN13
- 9780375707179
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Histoire, Littérature contemporaine, Politique, 20e siècle, Prix Nobel, Littérature indienne
- Titre original
- The mimic man
- Évaluation
- 3,2 sur 5
- Description
- 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.