The Loss of El Dorado

A Colonial History

By:

V.S. Naipaul

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Paperback / softback

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At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold; and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of the new slave colony. In The Loss of El Dorado, V. S. Naipaul shows how the alchemic delusion of El Dorado drew the small island of Trinidad into the vortex of world events, making it the object of Spanish and English colonial designs and a Mecca for treasure-seekers, slave-traders, and revolutionaries. And through an accumulation of casual, awful detail, he takes us as close as we can get to day-to-day life in the Caribbean slave plantations – at the time thought to be more brutal than their American equivalents. In this brilliantly researched book, living characters large and small are rescued from the records and set in a larger, guiding narrative – about the New World, empire, African slavery, revolution – which is never less than gripping.

Author Biography:

V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He is the author of more than fourteen works of fiction, including "A House for Mr Biswas" and "A Bend in the River", and ten works of non-fiction including "An Area of Darkness" and "India: A Wounded Civilization". He has won every major literary award bar the Nobel. He lives in Wiltshire.

Release date NZ

September 3rd, 2010

Author

V.S. Naipaul

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Interest Age

From 18 years

Pages

400

Dimensions

130x197x24

ISBN-13

9780330522847

Product ID

7145657

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