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Sep 7, 2024 · V. S. Naipaul’s The Mystic Masseur, published in 1957, is a comedic novel set in colonial Trinidad. The story revolves around Ganesh Ramsumair, a man of Indian descent, who starts from humble beginnings and becomes successful through his dubious claim of being a mystical healer.
Sep 20, 2024 · The novel is about a frustrated writer of Indian descent who rises from an impoverished background to become a successful politician on the back of his dubious talent as a mystic masseur- a masseur who can cure illnesses.
Sep 15, 2024 · In this slyly funny and lavishly inventive novel–his first–V. S. Naipaul traces the unlikely career of Ganesh Ramsumair, a failed schoolteacher and impecunious village masseur who in time becomes a revered mystic, a thriving entrepreneur, and the most beloved politician in Trinidad.
Sep 25, 2024 · Medea and Her Children Picador USA The Mystic Masseur tells the story of Ganesh and his journey from failed primary school teacher and masseur to author, revered mystic and MBE. Miguel Street, a very early novel, won the Somerset Maugham Award on its appearance in 1959.
6 days ago · Ismail Merchant és James Ivory a The Mystic Masseur című film forgatásán A Napok romjai a Nobel-díjas Kazuo Ishiguro regényének adaptációja. Ahogy a 96 éves filmes fogalmazott, első olvasásra azt gondolta, a könyv „rém unalmas”.
4 days ago · Architects of Change. All her life, Mirabai Starr wanted to be one of the “God-intoxicated ones” as she calls them—the kind of spiritual person who exudes stillness and embodies equanimity. The type of person who might chant all night in a temple or know the Beatitudes by heart. And then, she didn’t want that.
Sep 8, 2024 · Naipaul, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2001, had by that time achieved international recognition with novels such as The Mystic Masseur and A House for Mr. Biswas, and had also become an important observer of post-colonial politics and societies in works such as The Middle Passage, An Area of Darkness and Among the Believers.
