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A Bend in the River

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In the "brilliant novel" 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.

Language: English

Pages: 278

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: October 20, 1989

ISBN: 0679722025

ISBN 13: 9780679722021

A Bend in the River

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

In the "brilliant novel" 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.

Language: English

Pages: 278

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: October 20, 1989

ISBN: 0679722025

ISBN 13: 9780679722021

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