The Enigma of Arrival
20 February 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
With an introduction by Harvard professor and author Maya Jasanoff.
Taking its title from a work 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. It is the story of a journey, from one place...
Details
20 February 2020416 pages
9781529041330Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘Written with the expected beauty of style . . . Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles it’Anthony Burgess, Observer
‘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 remembers.’Time
