An Area of Darkness

**An Area of Darkness**
	First edition cover
Author	V. S. Naipaul
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Travel
Publisher	André Deutsch
Publication date	1964
Media type	Print

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

A deeply pessimistic work, An Area of Darkness conveys the acute sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to his ancestral land. The book was immediately banned in India for its "negative portrayal of India and its people".^[1]

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^ Suroor, Hasan (3 March 2012). "You can't read this book". thehindu.com.

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v t Works by V. S. Naipaul
Novels	The Mystic Masseur The Suffrage of Elvira Miguel Street A House for Mr Biswas Mr Stone and the Knights Companion A Flag on the Island The Mimic Men In a Free State Guerrillas A Bend in the River The Enigma of Arrival A Way in the World Half a Life Magic Seeds
Non-fiction	The Middle Passage An Area of Darkness The Loss of El Dorado India: A Wounded Civilization Among the Believers A Turn in the South India: A Million Mutinies Now Beyond Belief The Writer and the World A Writer's People