Day 11 - #Arrival #AcrossApril
#TheEnigmaOfArrival #VSNaipaul
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The story of a writer's singular journey—from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another—this is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.
Read this in 2015. #1001BooksToReadBeforeYouDie
The world lost a voice that asked us to look closely at the impact of colonization of others and to understand the lasting impact it had.
RIP V.S. Naipal. You provided me with such a valuable insight into India before I spent a couple of years there!
pickOne of the masterpieces of all times, Naipaul offers to present his perspective of a post colonialism as he charts out the extremely complex journey of "becoming" undertaken by the Central Africa after the departure of colonial forces. Salim's initiative to acquire a shop in the interiors of the city gives a platform to the writer to reflect upon the phenomena of social, historical and individual evolution.
