Synopsis
A beautifully rendered work of autofiction from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finding himself as a writer. It is the...
Details
06 November 2025400 pages
9781035061754Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Written with the expected beauty of style . . . Instead of diminishing life, Naipaul ennobles itAnthony Burgess
The conclusion is both heart-breaking and bracing: the only antidote to destruction – of dreams, of reality – is remembering. As eloquently as anyone now writing, Naipaul remembersThe Times
A wonderful book . . . a magical bookThe Independent
Heartbreaking and bracingTIME
