The enigma of arrival : a novel in five sections /
V.S. Naipaul.
- London : Picador, 2011.
- 200 p. ; 20 cm.
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.