{"product_id":"an-area-of-darkness-a-discovery-of-india","title":"An Area of Darkness: A Discovery of India","description":"The Nobel Prize-winning author’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India.\n\n“Whatever his literary form, Naipaul is a master.” —The New York Review of Books\n\nTraveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. An Area of Darkness also abounds with Naipaul’s strikingly original responses to India’s paralyzing caste system, its apparently serene acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj. The result may be the most elegant and passionate book ever written about the subcontinent.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0375708359\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.0375708359.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Naipaul, V. S.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wear—creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52395714773279,"sku":"PKV.0375708359.A","price":2.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/0375708359-0.jpg?v=1776877792","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/an-area-of-darkness-a-discovery-of-india","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}