{"product_id":"india-an-area-of-darkness-a-wounded-civilization-a-million-mutinies-now","title":"India: An Area Of Darkness, A Wounded Civilization \u0026 A Million Mutinies Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eV. S. Naipaul's India trilogy, consisting of \"An Area of Darkness,\" \"India: A Wounded Civilization,\" and \"India: A Million Mutinies Now,\" provides an insightful account of India during times of dramatic change, offering acute observations and a tender perspective. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1104 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 July 2020\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of three classic books by V. S. Naipaul, with an introduction from Paul Theroux, author of The Great Railway Bazaar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobel laureate V. S. Naipaul first visited India in 1962 at the age of twenty-nine, hoping to settle the ghosts of a painful ancestral past. That journey was the first in what would become a decades-long project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Area of Darkness chronicles the author's initial visit as estrangement gives way to connections and conversations. Prompted by the Emergency of 1975, India: A Wounded Civilization presents an intellectual portrait of a country whose people are no longer so willing to speak or bear witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia: A Million Mutinies Now captures a panorama of voices and stories fifteen years later, at another moment of national upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn of Naipaul's wish to see for himself the homeland from which he was twice displaced, India emerges as an invaluable account of a nation in times of dramatic change: acutely observant, tender, at once brilliantly composed and vividly clear-sighted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 760g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 134 x 197 x 53 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529031133                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"V. S. Naipaul","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":43739845492986,"sku":"9781529031133","price":12.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/ea77dd0b5761ccf3f537e239a94460c0.jpg?v=1628042779","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/india-an-area-of-darkness-a-wounded-civilization-a-million-mutinies-now","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}