Finding the Center: Two Narratives by V.S. Naipaul (Knopf, 1984)
In these two contemplative narratives, Naipual reveals the process of writing as personal exploration. The first and more interesting narrative is an account of his literary beginnings, filled as they were with anxiety and ambition, as the son of a journalist growing up on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. The second narrative – regarding a visit to Ivory Coast motivated by its being an “African Success” and influenced by the French -- forwards the notion of Naipaul’s wanderlust as a means of discovering “other states of mind” to further his knowledge of people and the world (8/10).
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