An Area of Darkness
22 March 2012Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
The first book in V. S. Naipaul’s acclaimed Indian trilogy – with a preface by the author.
An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul’s semi-autobiographical account – at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered – of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. He was twenty-nine years old; he stayed for a...
Details
22 March 2012304 pages
9780330529303Imprint: Picador
Reviews
His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself.The Times
