Seepersad and Sons: Naipaulian Synergies-Ed. J. Vijay Maharaj

These conference papers explore the writing careers of Seepersad Naipaul and his two sons, Vidia and Shiva, within the sustenance and pain of family connections- synergies that V.S. Naipaul laboured to conceal, as the papers on the publishing histories of Seepersads collection of short stories and the expanded edition of Letters between a Father and Son both show. Papers demonstrate Seepersads significance as a writer, particularly for the new voice he brought to Trinidadian journalism in the 1930s. Not only is the father given long-overdue attention, but so too are the counter-narratives of Shiva Naipaul, exploring the same family territory in his deservedly classic novel, Fireflies.

Contributors include: Kenneth Ramchand, Vijay Maharaj, Bhoendradatt Tiwarie, Nicholas Laughlin, Aaron Eastley, Brinsley Samaroo, Arnold Rampersad, Robert Clarke, Andre Bagoo, Sharon Millar, Keith Jardim, Raymond Ramcharitar, Kevin Frank, Jim Hanna, Hywel Dix, Elizabeth Jackson, and Paula Morgan.