The Enigma of Arrival (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Naipaul
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Plot: Autobiographical
- Time of Work: 1950 to 1985
- Setting: Wiltshire and London, England; Trinidad; New York City
- Principal Characters: The writer, Jack, Bray, The landlord, Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips, Pitton
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
- Subjects: Perception, Rural or country life, Death or dying, Life, philosophy of, Discoveries
- Locales: New York, NY, London, England, Trinidad, Wiltshire, England
The Novel
The Enigma of Arrival is a meditative narrative of the discoveries and changing perceptions of its author as he lives for ten years at a cottage in rural Wiltshire, in England. Learning to see the countryside and its seasonal alterations, and discovering aspects of himself in the people he meets, the writer finds himself feeling a harmony with place that contrasts sharply with the dislocation and estrangement that have marked most of his previous life, both as a child in Trinidad and as a student and eventually a successful writer in England. For the first...
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