Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Postcard of Picasso painting "Sketchbook #165", 1986-11-12
Handwritten note reads "VSN 12 Nov 86".
Postcard of Rembrandt drawing "Study of a man", Undated
Naipaul's handwritten note on the verso reads "A young man, sah".
V.S. Naipaul to Manchi Sabat, 1972-07-17
"Could you telephone Margaret Murray (73-5012) and tell her discreetly about my arrival time? It would be nice if she could meet me at the airport. If she can't make it, then I hope that you may be free. I don't have Margaret's home number with me; the number I have given is the number of her mother's house, where she is on weekday mornings..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-03
"I have just arrived here, in this hateful northern Venezuelan hotel, which charges as much as the [Nozuro?] and is awful: how ugly everybody seems here. How everything seems ugly after that magical moment this morning - for which I had longed and for which I was badly prepared. Send me some great love..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-16
"At times like this - I have had one of my blank mornings, and they occur about 3 or 4 times a week - I hate writing and feel I am in the wrong profession. You of course will agree..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-23
"You have your children and perhaps you will not understand how excited and irritated and depressed, but more depressed than excited, I am at the loss of mine. I think there would have been something rather marvellous there: it was too perfect and beautiful. I doubt whether it will occur again..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-25
"Three days ago I wrote you a longish letter. I enclosed an American Express $50 traveller's cheque, made out in your name; this was to cover your little murder. I also enclosed a clipping from the New York review of my article on Jean Rhys, which I wanted you to read..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-07-16
"Heaven knows when this will get to you. Argentina is pretty far away; and goodness, so is New Zealand. It was a nightmare journey out. And then, when we were just four hours away, one of the engines of our aeroplane failed and we had to dump fuel and return to Tahiti; and there we waited for something like 21 hours..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-07-21
"I was upset to hear that your operation was harrowing and unpleasant. I think you should be more careful in the future, because although I know nothing of these matters I don't see how too many of these operations can be good for you. And what a relief, though, to hear that all my letters had arrived..."
V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-08-03
"I count the days for this wretched tour of New Zealand to be over. I am so concerned with other passions that I can't bear to be taken out on excursions - I really don't feel I've been in New Zealand at all. And the other day I really just stayed in bed. I love your letter and can't bear to read it..."