V· S·奈保尔是当代后殖民文学的重要作家。他是被东西方两种文化撕裂、造就和定义的人，其作品反映了第三世界人民的灵魂痛苦和像他这样的“无根人”在寻找文化归属、精神家园方面所遇到的问题，他也是“被写的”。奈保尔的故事，其实就是帝国主义殖民者撤离后的前殖民地人民的故事，其内涵已远超出文学。 VS Naipaul is an important writer in contemporary post-colonial literature. He is torn, created and defined by both Eastern and Western cultures. His works reflect the soul’s suffering of the third world people and the “rootless people” like him encountered in the search for cultural ownership and spiritual homeland The problem, he is also “written.” The story of Naipaul is actually the story of the ex-colonial people after the withdrawal of the imperialist colonists, whose connotation has far exceeded that of literature.