{"product_id":"the-enigma-of-arrival-vs-naipaul-9780394757605","title":"The Enigma of Arrival | V. S. Naipaul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize-winning author distills his wide experience of countries and peoples into a moving account of the rites of passage endured by all people and all communities undergoing change or decay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Naipaul's finest work.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Chicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A subtly incisive self-reckoning.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of a writer’s singular journey—from one place to another, and from one state of mind to another. At the midpoint of the century, the narrator leaves the British colony of Trinidad and comes to the ancient countryside of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd from within the story of this journey—of departure and arrival, alienation and familiarity, home and homelessness—the writer reveals how, cut off from his “first” life in Trinidad, he enters a “second childhood of seeing and learning.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly autobiographical, yet woven through with remarkable invention, \u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e is as rich and complex as any novel we have had from this exceptional writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The conclusion is both heart-breaking and bracing: the only antidote to destruction—of dreams, of reality—is remembering. As eloquently as anyone now writing, Naipaul remembers.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Far and away the most curious novel I've read in a long time, and maybe the most hypnotic book I've ever read.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—St. Petersburg Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51555556458811,"sku":"0394757602","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780394757605.jpg?v=1787400642","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-enigma-of-arrival-vs-naipaul-9780394757605","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}