World Writers in English: Chinua Achebe to V.S. Naipaul
- ISBN-10
- 0684312905
- ISBN-13
- 9780684312903
- Category
- Authors, Commonwealth
- Pages
- 782
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York : C. Scribner's Sons
- Author
- Jay Parini
Description
Provides critical and biographical essays on English writers from parts of the former British Empire.
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