An Area of Darkness
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| Author | V. S. Naipaul |
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| Genre | Travel |
| Publisher | André Deutsch |
Publication date | 1964 |
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An Area of Darkness is a book written by V. S. Naipaul in 1964. It is a travelogue detailing Naipaul's trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy which includes India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. A deeply pessimistic work, An Area of Darkness conveys the acute sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to his ancestral land. True to his style, the narration is anecdotal and descriptive.
The book was immediately banned in India for its negative portrayal of India and its people.[1]
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