The Enigma of Arrival
A Novel in Five Sections
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. It is the story of a journey, from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another, and is perhaps V. S. Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet alongside this he weaves a rich and complex web of invention and observation. Finding depth and pathos in the smallest moments - the death of a cot…
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- ISBN: 978-0-330-51631-0
- EAN: 9780330516310
- Produktnummer: 14822116
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 525 KB
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V. S. Naipaul
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