Quest for Identity in V.S. Naipaul's Novel, Half a Life

Abstract

Vidiadhar Swarajprasad Naipaul in his lecture on 7 December 2001, said, 'The world is always in movement. People have everywhere at sometimes been dispossessed. I suppose was shocked by the discovery in 1967 about my birthplace because I had never had any idea about it.' 1 In fact, this statement of Naipaul shows that in almost all of his works, the persistent theme of identity finds a direct reflection. Half n Life (2001), the latest novel, which is based on the theme of identity of an Indian, who goes to England, for higher education, his trial of adoption of western culture and indulges in sexual activities, visit different African countries make it an interesting piece of work by Naipaul.