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The enigma of arrival: a novel in five sections (1st Vintage Books Edition)

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Taking its title from a picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, this is the story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad, who arrives in post-imperial England.

He observes the gradual but profound changes wrought on the English countryside by the march of progress.

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Picador
0307744035 / 9780307744036
eBook (EPUB)
823.914
20/04/2011
England
English
General
387 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Reprint. Description based on print version record. Originally published: London: Penguin, 1987.