The Enigma of Arrival
20 August 2020
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finding himself as a writer.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and...
Details
20 August 2020
464 pages
9781529013047
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
Written with the expected beauty of style . . . Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles itAnthony Burgess
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 remembersTimes
A wonderful book . . . a magical bookIndependent