Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover Very Good Hardcover Very Good First Edition book in excellent condition inside and out light tanning on end papers only news paper clippings of author enclosed Please see notation below concerning the previous owner of this book: This book came from a personal library collection formerly owned by Dr Elaine (Bauer) Campbell of Sudbury, Massachusetts Dr Campbell was an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, and Brandeis University where she obtained her PHD She was a scholar and teacher of Caribbean literature and other subjects at Boston University Regis College, Northeastern University and MIT as well as working at the MITRE Institute teaching technical writing Dr Campbell was also an author of and editor of several books including of note: [the] """"""""ESL Resource Book for Engineers and Scientists"""""""", """"""""The Whistling Bird, [Women Writers of the Caribbean]"""""""" and """"""""The Flamboyant Tree: Caribbean Folklore and Herblore"""""""" A complete list of the books in this collection is being processed and will be available soon

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An autobiography for the most part, the book is composed of five sections reflecting the growing familiarity and changing perceptions of Naipaul upon his arrival in various countries. The majority of the action takes place in Wiltshire, England, where Naipaul has rented a cottage in the countryside. He sees the area around his cottage as a frozen piece of history, unchanged for hundreds of years. However, during his extended stay at this cottage where he is working on another novel, he notices the area for what it is: a forever changing place with ordinary people simply existing away from the rest of the world. This causes the author to reflect upon the nature of perceiving our surroundings and how much these perceptions are affected by our preconceptions. He reflects on his own emigration from Trinidad to New York City, and his following removal to England and Oxford. Naipaul’s novel illustrates the growing understanding of his place in this new environment and the complicated relations of the people and land around them.

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Bookseller: Little Red Bookstore (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Naipaul2sabrare3
Title: The Enigma of Arrival
Author: Naipaul, V.S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1

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