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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
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
| Produktart: | Reiseberichte |
| Region: | Asien |
| Rubrik: | Reisen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 304 |
| 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 |
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
| Produktart: | Reiseberichte |
| Region: | Asien |
| Rubrik: | Reisen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 304 |
| 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 |
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