A Bend in the River

By V. S. Naipaul

By V. S. Naipaul

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    About A Bend in the River

    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.

    About A Bend in the River

    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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    Booker Prize FINALIST 1979

    Praise

    “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 Hardwick

    About V. S. Naipaul

    V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession.   His… More about V. S. Naipaul

    About V. S. Naipaul

    V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession.   His… More about V. S. Naipaul

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 13, 1989 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679722021

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    Oct 20, 2010 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780307776587

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