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An Area of Darkness

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This text is a semi-autobiographical account of a year V.S. Naipaul spent in India. From his arrival in prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, to his departure, Naipaul came to recognize a cultural estrangement from India. It became to him a land of myths, an area of darkness.

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An Area of Darkness, V. S. Naipaul

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1995
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Language
English
Publisher
Picador
Released
1995
Format
Hardcover
Pages
339
ISBN10
0330341278
ISBN13
9780330341271
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This text is a semi-autobiographical account of a year V.S. Naipaul spent in India. From his arrival in prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, to his departure, Naipaul came to recognize a cultural estrangement from India. It became to him a land of myths, an area of darkness.