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"The Enigma of Arrival" by V.S. Naipaul is a reflective novel exploring themes of displacement, identity, and the passage of time as a writer observes changes in the English countryside and his own life.

fiction | 416 pages | Published in 2020

Quotes

The world is always in movement.

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changelife

The past was always there, lived within you.

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memorypast

Every journey conceals another journey within its lines.

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journeydiscovery

Time is a kind of mystery, a thing we constantly struggle to measure.

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timemystery

To arrive is to return.

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arrivalreturn

Writing was a journey into my own past.

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writingreflection

There was always something to be discovered, even in the most familiar of places.

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discoveryfamiliarity

Landscape was a kind of narrative.

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landscapenarrative

The world outside was a reflection of the world within.

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reflectionworld

The solitude of the place was a comfort.

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solitudecomfort