An Area of Darkness (1964)

By V.S. Naipaul

An Area of Darkness is a non-fiction book written by V. S. Naipaul and published in 1964. It is a travelogue detailing Naipaul's trip through India in the early sixties. It was the first of Naipaul's Indian trilogy that includes India: A Wounded Civilization (1977) and India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990). The narration is anecdotal and descriptive.

Published

1964