Daily Dose

From An Area of Darkness: A Discovery of India, by V. S. Naipaul

THIS IS

"He took a napkin off his shoulder and flicked away tiny flies.  'This is nothing. Get little hot, little flies dead.  Big flies come chase little flies.  Then mosquito come bite big flies and they go away.'"

From Chapter 5, A Doll's House on the Dal Lake

A Caricature

Sad, misogynist old monster. Truly sad. Though, at this point, one can only really pity the nurse that wipes his ass, don't you think? Here's the original article in the guardian.co.uk.

Daily Dose

From In a Free State, by V. S. Naipaul

EVERYTHING

"Everything she said was accurate; everything was wounding; and though to everything there was a reply, he couldn't explain himself."

From In a Free State, Chapter 7