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An Area of Darkness

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#266885
Titel	An Area of Darkness
Auteur	Naipaul, V.S.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London, Penguin
Jaar van uitgave	1985
ISBN10	0140028951
ISBN13	9780140028959
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	AN AREA OF DARKNESS is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, always concerned - of his first visit to India, the land of his forbears. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival in Prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, he began to experience a sense of 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 is by turns tender, lyrical, explosive and cruel. With spectacular narrative skill, Naipaul provides a revelation both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically po... (Lees verder)ssesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone. 'A masterpiece of travel-writing' Paul Theroux 'Brilliant' Observer
Pagina's	266
Conditie	Goed
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