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Florence Labaune-Demeule, « De Chirico Revisited: The Enigma of Creation in V.S. Naipaul’s The Enigma of Arrival », Commonwealth Essays and Studies, ID : 10670/1.oheb02
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The Enigma of Arrival openly claims Chirico’s painting to be its source of inspiration. The novel explains the process of creation, showing that the genesis of the work of art constantly hovers between intertextuality and meta-narration. The performative value of Naipaul’s narrative and its circular structure both draw the reader’s attention to parallels with Chirico’s painting and lead him away from it. The metaphysical point of view developed in Chirico’s vision enables the writer to preserve the truth of experience, thus unveiling the process of artistic creation while leaving the mystery of creation untouched. The enigma of arrival ultimately fuses with the enigma of creation, which remains, to the end, unsolved.