Letters Between a Father and Son

An astonishing selection of letters from V. S. Naipaul’s formative years, rich with compassion, literary beauty and a genuine literary intent. Now part of the Picador Collection. Winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureFrom the Booker Prize-winning author, Letters Between a Father and Son is an engrossing collection continuing into the early years of V. S. Naipaul’s literary career.In 1950, V. S. Naipaul travelled from Trinidad to England to take up a place at Oxford University. Over the next few years, letters passed back and forth between Naipaul and his family – particularly his beloved father Seepersad, but also his mother and siblings. The result is a fascinating chronicle of Naipaul’s time at university; the love of writing that he shared with his father and their mutual nurturing of literary ambition; the triumphs and depressions of Oxford life; and the travails of his family back at home.Letters Between a Father and Son is an engrossing collection continuing into the early years of V. S. Naipaul’s literary career.Touching time and again on the craft of writing, Letters Between a Father and Son reveals the relationships and experiences that formed and influenced one of the greatest and most enigmatic literary figures of our age.‘Rare and precious . . . If any modern writer was going to breathe a last gasp into the epistolary tradition, it was always likely to be V. S. Naipaul’ – New StatesmanNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.