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Half a Life is a 2001 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is set in India, Africa and Europe (London, Berlin and Portugal). Half a Life was long listed for the Booker prize (2001).
Jan 1, 2001 · Half a Life. V.S. Naipaul. 3.24. 4,376 ratings477 reviews. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In a narrative that moves with dreamlike swiftness from India to England to Africa, the Nobel Prize-winning author produced his finest novel, a bleakly resonant study of the fraudulent bargains that make up an identity. "A masterpiece." — Los Angeles Times Book Review.
A National Book Award winner and a masterpiece of implicitness, Half a Life follows the protagonist Willie Chandran's journey from India to England to Africa. The novel explores the themes of caste, class, writing, and the legacy of colonialism with Naipaul's characteristic irony and elegance.
Half a Life is the story of Willie Chandran, whose father, heeding the call of Mahatma Gandhi, turned his back on his brahmin heritage and married a woman of low caste---a disastrous union he would live to regret, as would the children that issued from it.
Half a Life is a novel by V.S. Naipaul that explores themes of identity, belonging, and self-discovery. It follows the story of Willie Chandran, a young man of mixed Indian and British heritage, as he navigates the complexities of his cultural and personal identity.
Oct 8, 2002 · Half a Life is the story of Willie Chandran, whose father, heeding the call of Mahatma Gandhi, turned his back on his brahmin heritage and married a woman of low caste -- a disastrous union...
The story of Willy Chandran, who moves from India to the immigrant community of post-war London, seeking something that will set him apart. Then his wife leads him to her home, a province of Portuguese Africa, a country whose inhabitants are all living out the last days of colonialism.
