Naipaul, V. S. 1932-

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.

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Trinidadians--England--Fiction.


England--Rural conditions--Fiction.


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