{"product_id":"an-area-of-darkness-v-s-naipaul-9781035051809","title":"An Area of Darkness","description":"‘His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself’ – The Times\nAn Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul’s semi-autobiographical account of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. At once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered.\nHe was twenty-nine years old; he stayed for a year. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival in Prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, he experienced a cultural estrangement from the subcontinent. It became for him a land of myths, an area of darkness closing up behind him as he travelled . . .\nThe experience was not a pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing, and engendered a masterful work of literature that is revelatory both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone.\nNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50085356667168,"sku":"9781035051809","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781035051809.jpg?v=1768506388","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/an-area-of-darkness-v-s-naipaul-9781035051809","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}