V. S. Naipaul Quotes
The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.
Naipaul, V. S. "Two Worlds." Nobel Lecture, The Nobel Foundation, 7 Dec. 2001.
In Ancient Rome, just as today even in democracies, contemporary historians–journalists–are much dependent on government for access to the facts behind various events and sometimes even the existence of the events themselves. Even in America, the most free and open country in the world there are still events from decades ago the American government has maintained are still secret and classified.
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul TC, commonly known as V. S. Naipaul, and familiarly, Vidia Naipaul, was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.
