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An Area of Darkness

An Area of Darkness

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An Area of Darkness

by Naipaul, V S

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. A first edition, first printing published by Andre Deutsch in 1964. A near fine book without inscriptions SIGNED on the title page without dedication by the Author. Some spotting to the top edge. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with some rubbing to the spine and two repairs to the corners to two closed tears. Very rare signed.

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A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India. Traveling 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 Naipaul’s strikingly original responses to India’s paralyzing caste system, its apparently serene acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj. The result may be the most elegant and passionate book ever written about the subcontinent. -Publisher’s Website

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Bookseller
John Atkinson Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
10246
Title
An Area of Darkness
Author
Naipaul, V S
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1964

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Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
First Edition
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Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.

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