Half a Life
novel by Naipaul
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Half a Life is a 2001 novel by V.S. Naipaul, published the same year he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel explores the life of an Indian immigrant who moves to England and then to Africa. Naipaul described the protagonist as becoming "half a person, living a borrowed life". Many critics viewed this novel as a beautiful illustration of the reasons behind Naipaul's Nobel Prize win. Magic Seeds, published in 2004, is a sequel to Half a Life.1
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