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Miguel Street (Paperback)

de V Naipaul (Author)
4.6étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (10 évaluations de client)

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A magnet to the poets, philosophers, teachers, troubadours and misfits who people the town of Port of Spain, Miguel Street is a place where tales of glory and debauchery vie with declarations of love and anger, where neighbourhood dramas are scrutinized and wisdom doled out to one and all.

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“One of the few contemporary writers of whom we can speak in terms of greatness.” –Mel Gussow, Newsday

“Miguel Street is the Bowery, the Tenderloin, and the Catfish Row of Trinidad’s Port of Spain–its citizens a loony multitude whose knavery often rises from real kinship with pathos and tragedy. . . . Naipaul is at his best in these swift caricatures of human depravity.” –San Francisco Chronicle

“Amusing and poignant. . . . Excellent reading.” –Chicago Tribune

“Naipaul does not tell stories. By some miraculous sleight-of-hand he takes you to Port of Spain and shows you the rich, bawdy, consequential lives of the Trinidadians, as though there were no intervening veil of words. . . . I rather suspect the mantle of Chekhov has fallen on Mr. Naipaul’s shoulders.” –Robert Payne, Saturday Review

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Makes me laugh just to think about it again!, Jui 6 2002
Par Cipriano "www.bookpuddle.blogspot.com" (Planet Claire) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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There's no two ways about it... this book is funny. Witty. Endlessly sarcastic. There I am, reading it in the park, and laughing out loud in certain parts, like a bit of a loonie!
At one point, the author calls what he's doing here "sketches". That's exactly what it is... connected vignettes. Observations of the lives that make up Miguel Street, a street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It is all set down and seen through the eyes of a young, fatherless boy.
It is written with such a clear eye that it seems autobiographical, and here on Miguel Street we see the germ or the kernel of many of the characters that Naipaul would develop further in his excellent book "A House For Mr. Biswas" which he published two years after this one.
As others have mentioned, the language, the idioms, the vernacular here are priceless... 1940's Trinidad bursts into view.
I give it 4.5 stars. Refreshing. A little book with big laughs!
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4.0étoiles sur 5 NOT MY STYLE, Jui 30 2001
Par Jerry Engelbach (Brooklyn, NY) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Colorful, lyrical ... yes, yes, all that. Funny? Well, in a forced kind of way. I recognize in Naipaul a writer of great talent, whose quasi-folk style is just not to my taste. But then, this is a youthful work. Chacun a son gout.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 hilarious early voice, Mai 11 2001
Par Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This novel crackles with laughter and detail, using local language to great effect. While there are some issues of sadness in the background, Naipaul puts the liveliness to the fore, in this, his first novel. He wrote it while freelancing at the BBC, just out of Oxford and a fearfully anxious young man. It is so different from the utter darkness of his later work that it is hard to believe it is from the same pen. But that is a measure of the talent of this man and the breadth of his vision.

Warmly recommended.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 to us it was home.
A funny funny book. In retrospect has all the clues for the direction Naipaul took in his later efforts: an apologist for colonialism screaming at the cricket match through the... Read more
Publié le Jui 9 2000

5.0étoiles sur 5 An Excellent Read
Naipaul's novel about daily life on Miguel Street is a masterful piece of literature. The characters are colorful and believable, the writing style is fluid and very readable,... Read more
Publié le Mars 8 2000

5.0étoiles sur 5 My Favourite Naipaul Book
This book was a standard for Literature when I was going to high school. Ten years later, the characters are still as colourful, the prose just as lyrical, and Naipaul still... Read more
Publié le Oct. 30 1999

4.0étoiles sur 5 Charming
My favourite Naipaul, though not his best work. He captures our dreams, our ability to create new realities from the mundane aspects of life. Read more
Publié le Juil 11 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 perfect 1st novel
i agree with alejandro's review: what you bring to this collection of short stories greatly affects how you perceive it. Read more
Publié le Juil 9 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 Funny, but real. This book is a treat
I first read this book in 1978. Twenty years later, it is still serious, funny and most importantly is a pungent reminder of times past.

Highly recommended.

Publié le Janv. 11 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 Brilliant in its simplicity
This is a collection of inter-connected stories and character sketches set in the island of Trinidad, the author's birthplace, years ago when he was a boy. Read more
Publié le Juil 10 1998

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