An Area of Darkness

His Discovery of India

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The first book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy - with a preface by the author.

An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered - of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. He was twenty-nine years old; he stayed for a year. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival in Prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, he experienced a cultural estrangement from the subcontinent. It became for him a land of myths, an area of darkness closing up behind him as he travelled . . .

The experience was not a pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing, and engendered a masterful work of literature that provides a revelation both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone.

'His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself' - The Times

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Authors:
Naipaul, V. S.
Year Published:
2010
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780330522830
Number of Pages:
304
Publication Date:
03/09/2010
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Publication Date:
03/09/2010
Place of Publication:
London
SKU:
9780330522830

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