An Area of Darkness
20 August 2020Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland.
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20 August 2020352 pages
9781529032109Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
Brilliant . . . true autobiography arises when a man encounters something in his life which shocks him into the need for self-examination and self-exploration. It was natural that a sojourn in India should provide this shock for Naipaul. The experience was not a pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing. An Area of Darkness is tender, lyrical, explosive and cruelObserver
Written with the expected beauty of style . . . Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles itAnthony Burgess
The 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 remembersTimes
A wonderful book . . . a magical bookIndependent
