Enigma of Arrival
V.S. Naipaul
Taking its title from a picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, this is the story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad, who arrives in post-imperial England. He observes the gradual but profound changes wrought on the English countryside by the march of "progress".
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Posted by moominlala (1 year ago ) Moving depiction of Naipaul's departure from Trinidad for England: what had been most real to him as a child was what he read about -- England's landscape, not the Caribbean's, was to him what the world must look like -- and he was determined to be an English writer -- and English writers write of English things.
He learned differently, of course, finding his voice in novels like A House for Mr Biswas.
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