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Half a Life

Half a Life
V.S. Naipaul

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 . Half a Life was long listed for the Man Booker prize .

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“And whenever I saw Luis, Graça's husband, I dealt with him with a friendship that was quite genuine, since it was offered out of gratitude for Graça's love.”

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Half a Life (2001)

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“I thought how terrible it would have been if, as could so easily have happened, I had died without knowing this depth of satisfaction, this other person that I had just discovered within myself. It was worth any price, any consequence.”

V.S. Naipaul book Half a Life

Half a Life (2001)

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“His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read.”

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“Life doesn't have a neat beginning and a tidy end, life is always going on. You should begin in the middle and end in the middle, and it should be all there.”

V.S. Naipaul book Half a Life

Half a Life (2001)

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