{"product_id":"an-area-of-darkness-isbn-9780375708350","title":"An Area of Darkness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize-winning author’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Whatever his literary form, Naipaul is a master.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraveling 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 cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. \u003ci\u003eAn Area of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003ealso abounds with Naipaul’s strikingly original responses to India’s paralyzing caste system, its apparently serene acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj. The result may be the most elegant and passionate book ever written about the subcontinent.“Whatever his literary form, Naipaul is a master.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“This is India. I don’t know any other book that comes so near to capturing the  whole crazy spectrum. . . . Brilliant.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “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.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Naipaul’s] penetrating, opinionated travel writing . . . makes up a remarkable  running commentary on the clash of civilizations.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003eV.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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHis novels include \u003ci\u003eA House for Mr Biswas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mimic Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuerrillas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Bend in the River\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eIn a Free State\u003c\/i\u003e. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include \u003ci\u003eAmong the Believers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Masque of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, and a trio of books about India: \u003ci\u003eAn Area of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndia: A Wounded Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIndia: A Million Mutinies Now\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 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 died in 2018.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304548782309,"sku":"NP9780375708350","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375708350.jpg?v=1767721493","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/an-area-of-darkness-isbn-9780375708350","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}