{"product_id":"an-area-of-darkness-by-vs-naipaul-9781035051809","title":"An Area of Darkness","description":"'His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself' - The Times\n\nAn Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered - of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. He was twenty-nine years old; he stayed for a year. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival in Prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, he experienced a cultural estrangement from the subcontinent. It became for him a land of myths, an area of darkness closing up behind him as he travelled . . .\n\nThe experience was not a pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing, and engendered a masterful work of literature that provides a revelation both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone.\n\nNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240628170988,"sku":"9781035051809","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035051809-an-area-of-darkness-1.jpg?v=1787921998","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/an-area-of-darkness-by-vs-naipaul-9781035051809","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}