The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel - Softcover

Naipaul, V S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394757602 ISBN 13: 9780394757605

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1988

Synopsis

The story of a writer's singular journey--from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another--this is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.

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Review:

"Naipaul's finest work so far." --Chicago Tribune

"An elegant memoir, a subtly incisive self-reckoning." --The Washington Post Book World

"Far and away the most curious novel I've read in a long time, and maybe the most hypnotic book I've ever read." --St. Petersburg Times

"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 remembers." --Time

"V.S. Naipaul is a man who can inspire readers to follow him through the Slough of Despond and beyond.... Like a computer game [this book] leads the reader on by a series of clues, nearer and nearer to an understanding of the man and the writer. Few memoirs can claim as much." --Newsday

Book Description:

'A wonderful book . . . a magical book' Jan Morris, Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0394757602
• ISBN 13: 9780394757605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368