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An Area of Darkness
His Discovery of India
Taschenbuch von V. S. Naipaul
Sprache: Englisch

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THE FIRST BOOK IN V.S. NAIPAUL'S ACCLAIMED INDIAN TRILOGY - WITH A NEW 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.

'Brilliant' Observer

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

THE FIRST BOOK IN V.S. NAIPAUL'S ACCLAIMED INDIAN TRILOGY - WITH A NEW 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.

'Brilliant' Observer

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

Über den Autor
V. S. Naipaul
Zusammenfassung
A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Asien
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 290 S.
ISBN-13: 9780330522830
ISBN-10: 0330522833
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Naipaul, V. S.
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 199 x 134 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: V. S. Naipaul
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2010
Gewicht: 0,247 kg
Artikel-ID: 101072956
Über den Autor
V. S. Naipaul
Zusammenfassung
A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Asien
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 290 S.
ISBN-13: 9780330522830
ISBN-10: 0330522833
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Naipaul, V. S.
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 199 x 134 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: V. S. Naipaul
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2010
Gewicht: 0,247 kg
Artikel-ID: 101072956
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