A Bend in the River

b>A Bend in the River is V. S. Naipaul's vivid exploration of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence. With an introduction by Yiyun Li, author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers./b>br>b>/b>br>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. First published in 1979, A Bend in the River serves as a microcosm of a 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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Naipaul has fashioned a work of intense imaginative force. It is a haunting creation, rich with incident and human bafflement, played out in an immense detail of landscape rendered with a poignant brilliance Elizabeth Hardwick, author of Sleepless Nights

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• Authors: V S Naipaul, V. S. Naipaul, V.S. Naipaul, Vidiadhar S. Naipaul, V. S. Naipaul
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781529014099
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-1409-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Picador Classic; Picador Classic; Picador Classics; Picador Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Small Town & Rural, East Africa, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Classic fiction: general and literary