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  • The Enigma of Arrival

  • By: V. S. Naipaul
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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Summary

The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.
©2018 V. S. Naipaul (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Biographical Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature
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what I expected to be an interesting and contemplative book lost almost all of its power through utterly tedious repetition in style and story

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