An Area of Darkness [Lingua Inglese]: A Discovery of India - Brossura

Naipaul, V. S.

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ISBN 10: 0375708359 ISBN 13: 9780375708350

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2002

Riassunto

In recounting the events of his journey through India, the Nobel Prize-winning author presents a kaleidoscopic view of the institutions, people, and problems of this turbulent nation, his ancestral homeland. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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“Whatever his literary form, Naipaul is a master.” –The New York Review of Books

“This is India. I don’t know any other book that comes so near to capturing the whole crazy spectrum. . . . Brilliant.” –John Wain, The Observer

“His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelation of both India and himself. . . . There is a kind of displaced person who has a better sense of place than anybody: Mr. Naipaul is an outstanding example.” –The Times (London)

“[Naipaul’s] penetrating, opinionated travel writing . . . makes up a remarkable running commentary on the clash of civilizations.” –The New York Times

L'autore:

V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession.
 
His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa, and a trio of books about India: An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
 
In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375708359
• ISBN 13: 9780375708350
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304