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Synopsis
First published in 1979, a Bend in the River is a novel of the politics and society of postcolonial Africa. Salim, a young Indian man, moves to a town on a bend in the river of a recently independent nation. As Salim strives to establish his business, he comes to be closely involved with the fluid and dangerous politics of the newly created state, the remnants of the old regime clashing inevitably with the new.
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"For sheer abundance of talent, there can hardly be a writer alive who surpasses V.S. Naipaul." --The New York Times Book Review
"Confirms Naipaul's position as one of the best writers now at work." --Walter Clemons, Newsweek "The sweep of Naipaul's imagination, the brilliant fictional frame that expresses it, are in my view without equal today." --Elizabeth HardwickBook Description
The great novel of Africa from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
With a new preface by the author
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- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0679722025
- ISBN 13 9780679722021
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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