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| NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBB069906 |
| Source |
bnb |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780330522830 |
| Terms of availability |
£9.99 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0330522833 (pbk.) : |
| Terms of availability |
£9.99 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
StDuBDS |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
StDuBDS |
| Modifying agency |
Uk |
| AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ukblcatcopy |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
915.40442 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Uk)015571904 |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20170126100436.0 |
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57401 |
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UOWD |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Naipaul, V. S. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Vidiadhar Surajprasad), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1932- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
An area of darkness: |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
V.S. Naipaul. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Picador, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 290 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
THE FIRST BOOK IN V.S. NAIPAUL'S ACCLAIMED INDIAN TRILOGY - WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered - of his first visit to India, the land of his forebears. He was twenty-nine years old; he stayed for a year. From the moment of his inauspicious arrival in Prohibition-dry Bombay, bearing whisky and cheap brandy, he experienced a cultural estrangement from the subcontinent. It became for him a land of myths, an area of darkness closing up behind him as he travelled . . . The experience was not a pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing, and engendered a masterful work of literature that provides a revelation both of India and of himself: a displaced person who paradoxically possesses a stronger sense of place than almost anyone. 'Brilliant' Observer 'His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself' The Times |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Naipaul, V. S. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Vidiadhar Surajprasad), |
| Chronological subdivision |
1932- |
| General subdivision |
Travel |
| Geographic subdivision |
India. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
REGULAR |