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The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections is a 1987 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. Mostly an autobiography, the book is composed of five sections that reflect the growing familiarity and changing perceptions of Naipaul upon his arrival in various countries after leaving his native Trinidad and Tobago.
- Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
- 1987
12 de abr. de 1988 · The story of a writer’s singular journey – from one place to another, and from one state of mind to another. At the midpoint of the century, the narrator leaves the British colony of Trinidad and comes to the ancient countryside of England.
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- Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
- $17
- Vintage
1 de jan. de 1987 · The Enigma of Arrival is one of V. S. Naipaul's masterpieces. In this autobiographical novel he successfully conveys to the reader the atmosphere of the English countryside through the meditations of the narrator on his original journey from Trinidad to England.
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A semi-autobiographical novel by V.S. Naipaul about a young Trinidadian who settles in England and reflects on his life, home, and writing. The novel explores themes of colonialism, identity, failure, and chance through the narrator's observations of his surroundings and encounters.
The Enigma of Arrival is a meditative narrative of the discoveries and changing perceptions of its author as he lives for ten years at a cottage in rural Wiltshire, in England.
3 de ago. de 1986 · The Enigma of Arrival. By V. S. Naipaul. August 3, 1986. The New Yorker, August 11, 1986 P. 26. Memoir by a Hindu Indian who was born and raised in Trinidad in the West Indies. He always...
The Enigma of Arrival is a creative autobiography by Naipaul in which he explains his life in five sections. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Naipaul rose as a novelist before moving away from his homeland for a life in Wiltshire, England.
