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An Area of Darkness

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An Area of Darkness

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A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux. Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. An Area of Darkness also abounds with Naipaul's strikingly original responses to India's paralyzing caste system, its acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj. This may be the most elegant and passionate book ever written about the subcontinent.
Product details
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2020-08-20
Publication Date:
2020-08-20
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529032105
ISBN13:
9781529032109
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
208 g
Height:
101 cm
Width:
157 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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