An Area of Darkness
(Author) V.S. NaipaulTraveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. An Area of Darkness also abounds with Naipauls strikingly original responses to Indias paralyzing caste system, its acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj.
V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian-born British author known for his novel "A House for Mr. Biswas" which explores themes of identity and displacement. His writing style is characterized by precise prose and incisive observations of postcolonial societies. Naipaul's work earned him numerous literary awards and a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.
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