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The Suffrage of Elvira is a comic novel by V. S. Naipaul set in colonial Trinidad. It was written in 1957, [1] and was published in London the following year. It is a satire of the democratic process and the consequences of political change, published a few years before Trinidad and Tobago achieved independence in 1962.
27 de dic. de 2022 · The Suffrage of Elvira. by. V. S. Naipaul. Publication date. 1958. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks. Contributor.
The suffrage of Elvira by Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018. Publication date 1958 Topics Popular culture -- Fiction, Political fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English), Political fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English), Popular culture Publisher London : A. Deutsch
Complete summary of V. S. Naipaul's The Suffrage of Elvira. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Suffrage of Elvira.
28 de feb. de 2021 · In the novel The Suffrage of Elvira Naipaul describes/finds awakening of the people of “The Elvira State” and brings to a focus the prognosis and possibilities harboured by democracy in a corrupt and dishonest society – a maze of deals and inducements.
The Suffrage of Elvira. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. London, 1958 - Fiction - 240 pages. In this book, an old, comically timid and absent-minded man, Surujpat Harbans, runs for office,...
V. S. Naipaul: The Suffrage of Elvira. Naipaul’s second novel concerns the community of Elvira in Trinidad, facing the second general election, since universal suffrage had been allowed, in 1950. Pat Harbans, an ethnic Indian, has decided to run for a seat in Trinidad’s Legislative Council, primarily to help him in getting road contracts.
