[lbo-talk] Overrated writers

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

Well, Naipaul is Trinidadian (in addition to being a prick and a
reactionary) not Indian.  My family is Indo-Trinidadian, so I had him shoved
down my throat as a kid, but as far as a literary talent, I think him and
his late brother, Shiva, are worthy of attention.  He has some classics
under his belt.

Luckily, thanks to the Trinidad-connection, I also had access to plenty of
CLR James, as well.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Smith" <mjs at smithbowen.net>
>
> Oh and second the motion about Naipaul. Ugh!
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>
> Yeah, I tried to read him but couldn't. It's interesting though that the
> West slobbers all over this constipated scribbler, but ignores R.K. Narayan,
> one of the great writers of the 20th century. The Chekhov of India if you
> will.
>
> You can't even get his books here easily. Someone on lbo wrote a friend in
> India who sent me all his books. Oh, the ecstasy of it!!!
>
> I suspect the reason Naipaul is preferred to Narayan is because Naipaul
> worries about the West whereas Narayan can't even be bothered to mention it.
>
> And worse than that, fucking Naipaul won the fucking Nobel.
>
> Ugh,
>
> Joanna
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