The enigma of arrival : a novel in five sections / V.S. Naipaul.
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TextPublication details: London : Picador, 2011Description: 200 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780330522861 (pbk.) :; 0330522868 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Trinidadians -- England -- Fiction | England -- Rural conditions -- FictionGenre/Form: General.DDC classification: 823.9'14 Summary: Taking its title from a picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, this is the story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad, who arrives in post-imperial England. He observes the gradual but profound changes wrought on the English countryside by the march of progress.
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Originally published: London: Penguin, 1987.
Taking its title from a picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, this is the story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad, who arrives in post-imperial England. He observes the gradual but profound changes wrought on the English countryside by the march of progress.
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