{"product_id":"9781035061754-enigma-of-arrival","title":"The Enigma of Arrival","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA moving and beautiful novel told with great dignity, compassion and candour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully rendered work of autofiction from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, \u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finding himself as a writer. It is the story of a 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, and is perhaps V.S. Naipaul’s most autobiographical work. Yet alongside this he weaves a rich and complex web of invention and observation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding depth and pathos in the smallest moments – the death of a cottager, the firing of an estate’s gardener – Naipaul also comprehends the bigger picture – watching as the old world is lost to the gradual but permanent changes wrought on the English landscape by the march of ‘progress’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Written with the expected beauty of style . Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles it’ – Anthony Burgess, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53594118553974,"sku":"9781035061754","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36190108_c8463909-46e9-4e90-b77c-702be68470bd.jpg?v=1758747688","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035061754-enigma-of-arrival","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}