{"product_id":"an-area-of-darkness-by-v-s-naipaul","title":"An Area of Darkness By V.S. Naipaul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Area of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is V. S. Naipaul’s semi-autobiographical account of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. At once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was twenty-nine years old; he stayed for a year. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival in Prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, he experienced a cultural estrangement from the subcontinent. It became for him a land of myths, an area of darkness closing up behind him as he travelled . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe experience was not a pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing, and engendered a masterful work of literature that is revelatory both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curiocty Box","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45379112435821,"sku":"BK-AREA OF DARKNESS","price":411.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/4609\/7261\/files\/71oKgg-IznL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782471985","url":"https:\/\/curioctybox.com\/products\/an-area-of-darkness-by-v-s-naipaul","provider":"Curiocty Box","version":"1.0","type":"link"}