Tato trilogie se noří do složitého světa postkoloniální Indie prostřednictvím očí nositele Nobelovy ceny. Zkoumá kulturní identity, historické dopady a osobní cesty v zemi protikladů. Čtenáři se mohou těšit na pronikavé postřehy a bohatou tapisérii lidských zkušeností.
In this work of autobiographical travel writing in India, the author desribes his encounter with a force in his life which shocked him into an awareness of a need for self-examination and self-explanation. V.S. Naipul has also written 13 works of fiction and won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The author wrote this book after his third visit to India, prompted by the Emergency of 1975. It contains his perspective on poverty and social conditions, religions, and the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.
V.S. Naipaul's classic account of his journey around India.