The Enigma of Arrival
$41.32
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2020
Summary
Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finding himself as a writer.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529013047 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529013046 |
| Author: | V.S. Naipaul |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 158mm x 101mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
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Written with the expected beauty of style … Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles it
Written with the expected beauty of style … Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles it – Anthony BurgessThe conclusion is both heart-breaking and bracing: the only antidote to destruction – of dreams, of reality – is remembering. As eloquently as anyone now writing, Naipaul remembers * Times *A wonderful book … a magical book * Independent *
About The Author
V.S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession. His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of non-fiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa and a trio of books about India - An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. In 1990, V. S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018.
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