The Loss of El Dorado
22 March 2012Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold; and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of the new slave colony.
In The Loss of El Dorado, V. S. Naipaul shows how the alchemic delusion...
Details
22 March 2012400 pages
9781447209409Imprint: Picador
Reviews
History as literature, meticulously researched and masterfully written.New York Times Book Review
A formidable achievement. . . . No historian has attempted to weave together in so subtle a manner the threads of the most complex and turbulent period of Caribbean history.Times Literary Supplement
Brilliant. . . . Startling.New Statesman
A remarkable book. . . . Intelligent, humane, brilliantly written.Book World
