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A Bend in the River

by V.S. Naipaul

Published: 2002-05-10
Paperback : 336 pages

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In the "brilliant novel" (The New York Times) V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man—an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul ...

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(In the "brilliant novel" (The New York Times) V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man—an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.

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"A Bend in theRiver"by Julie B. (see profile) 07/09/15

This was not an easy read and many people didn't finish the book. However, it is considered a modern classic and was nonetheless worthwhile.

"An interesting story of colonial and post-colonial Africa"by Beth B. (see profile) 03/07/09

Our group found much to discuss in A Bend in the River, the story of Salim, a man of Indian ancestry, born on the coast of Africa. Salim ventures into the interior to run a small shop just b... (read more)

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