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‘The Enigma of the Arrival and the Afternoon’ was created in 1912 by Giorgio de Chirico in Metaphysical art style. Find more prominent pieces of cityscape at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Oct 22, 2018 · At its core, the enigma that Naipaul unravels is a realization of human weakness—made all the more painful in the case of an artist of great talent and ambition—and the consequent discovery of spiritual realities of a much higher order than that of human ambition.
The narrator recalls the de Chirico painting that inspired the book, theorizing about the effect of place on imagination and the creative process. All journeys condition the terms of their arrivals, and the narrator reflects on how his life in Wiltshire was conditioned by his upbringing in Trinidad.
The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections is a 1987 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. Mostly an autobiography, the book is composed of five sections that reflect the growing familiarity and changing perceptions of Naipaul upon his arrival in various countries after leaving his native Trinidad and Tobago.
- Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
- 1987
The title comes from a painting by the surrealist Giorgio de Chirico of a classical, Mediterranean scene of a wharf, walls, and gateways, and beyond them the mast of an ancient...
Feb 3, 2018 · V. S. Naipaul’s novel The Enigma of Arrival refers to this painting by de Chirico, in which Naipaul outlines a story he wishes to write, based on the painting. It is a personal meditation; a concentrated story about the sadness at the heart of love.
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Jul 8, 2013 · The Enigma of Arrival and the Afternon (Giorgio de Chirico, 1912) Arrival is ambiguous. Both as a word with multiple diametrically opposed, context-dependent meanings … and also as an embodied social experience.
