V.S. Naipaul Audio & Video

In this incandescent novel, V. S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded by the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.

V.S. Naipaul discusses his most recent work of travel writing as cultural history, The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief. V.S. Naipaul will be joined in conversation this evening by his editor, George Andreou.

In his first book of nonfiction since 2003, the Nobel Laureate gives us an eloquent, intimate exploration into ways of looking and feeling and how they alter the configuration of the writers world.

In this stunning sequel to "Half a Life," the 2001 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature takes listeners into the hearts and minds of those who use terrorism as an ideal and a way of life, and those who aspire to the frightening power of wealth.

Former government minister Ralph Singh is the perpetual outsider: displaced, disillusioned, and now living in exile, Ralph reflects on his earlier life and the searing effects of colonialism.

V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. His new book is The Masque of Africa.