In a Free State

V. S. Naipaul First published 1971

About this book

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 this book comprises three novellas, set in three very different countries. The stories are about people surviving as best they can in states with varying levels of political, social and economic freedom.

Subjects

  • africa, fiction
  • award:man_booker_prize=1971
  • booker prize
  • british
  • culture conflict
  • east indians
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • fiction, short stories (single author)
  • great britain, fiction
  • man booker prize
  • man booker prize winner
  • travelers
  • travelers -- fiction
  • united states, fiction
  • west indians