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A Bend in the River

V. S. Naipaul

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#2450 of 8,085 books · #1023 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1979).

A Bend in the River is V. S. Naipaul's vivid exploration of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence. Salim has spent most of his life on the east coast of Africa, living and working with his family. When he sets out to build a new life for himself, moving to an unnamed country in the heart of the continent he believes he is doing so to fulfil his duty as a man. He buys a small shop in a sleepy town, at a bend in the river, where he sells sundries to the locals. Serving as a microcosm of this changing world, his bend in the river is a scene of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation and poverty. And from this rich landscape emerges one of the author's most potent works – a truly moving story of historical upheaval and social breakdown.

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Publisher
Deutsch
ISBN-13
9781529050769
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Post-colonial AfricaIdentity and displacementSocial upheaval and violence

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