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An Area of Darkness
Engelsk Paperback
An Area of Darkness
Engelsk Paperback

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

An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul’s semi-autobiographical account of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. At once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered.

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 is revelatory both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone.

Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
304
ISBN-13:
9781035051809
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
103505180X
Udg. Dato:
3 okt 2024
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
128mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato:
3 okt 2024
Forfatter(e):
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