V.S. Naipaul An Area of Darkness Hardback Book

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipauls profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland. Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux. Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying crosssection of humanity browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely selfserving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. An Area of Darkness also abounds with Naipauls strikingly original responses to Indias paralyzing caste system, its acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for selfdetermination and its nostalgia for the British raj. This may be the most elegant and passionate book ever written about the subcontinent. | V.S. Naipaul An Area of Darkness Hardback Book