The Enigma of Arrival - by V S Naipaul (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work, this is the story of a writer's singular journey from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Naipaul's finest work so far. --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/>An elegant memoir, a subtly incisive self-reckoning. --<i>The Washington Post Book World</i> <p/> Far and away the most curious novel I've read in a long time, and maybe the most hypnotic book I've ever read. --<i>St. Petersburg Times</i> <p/> 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. --<i>Time</i> <p/> 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. --<i>Newsday</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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. <p/> His novels include <i>A House for Mr Biswas</i>, <i>The Mimic Men</i>, <i>Guerrillas</i>, <i>A Bend in the River</i>, and <i>The Enigma of Arrival</i>. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for <i>In a Free State</i>. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include <i>Among the Believers</i>, <i>Beyond Belief</i>, <i>The Masque of Africa</i>, and a trio of books about India: <i>An Area of Darkness</i>, <i>India: A Wounded Civilization</i> and <i>India: A Million Mutinies Now</i>. <p/> 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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