CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
EARLY WRITINGS: 1955–1961
1. MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT:
MIGUEL STREET; THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
2. SELF AND SOCIETY:
THE SUFFRAGE OF ELVIRA; A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS
THE MIDDLE PERIOD: 1962–1980
3. HISTORICAL IDENTITIES:
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE; AN AREA OF DARKNESS
4. FANTASY AND DERANGEMENT:
THE LOSS OF EL DORADO; INDIA: A WOUNDED CIVILIZATION
; “MICHAEL X AND THE KILLINGS IN TRINIDAD”
5. AMBIGUOUS FREEDOM: “IN A FREE STATE”
6. TRUTH AND LIE:
A BEND IN THE RIVER
LATE WORKS: 1981–2010
7. PRODUCTIVE DEFORMATION:
THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL
8. LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND:
INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW
9. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FAITHFUL:
AMONG THE BELIEVERS; BEYOND BELIEF
10. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS:
HALF A LIFE; MAGIC SEEDS; THE MASQUE OF AFRICA
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index