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3.7/5 Pan Macmillan Media type Print Original language English Country United Kingdom | 3.7/5 Goodreads Publication date 1964 Originally published 1964 Publisher André Deutsch Genre Travel literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An area of darkness
An Area of Darkness is a book written by V. S. Naipaul in 1964. It is a travelogue detailing Naipaul's trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy which includes India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. The narration is anecdotal and descriptive.
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A deeply pessimistic work, An Area of Darkness conveys the acute sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to his ancestral land. The book was immediately banned in India for its "negative portrayal of India and its people".
An area of darkness
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