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A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. The novel, telling the story of Salim, a merchant in post-colonial mid-20th century Africa, is one of Naipaul's best known works and was widely praised.
- V. S. Naipaul
- 1979
A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Trinidadian author V. S. Naipaul. The novel follows the life of Salim, an Indian Muslim merchant, as he moves to an unnamed African country to take over his family’s store.
Sep 20, 1979 · Salim has left the coast to make his way in the interior, there to take on a small trading shop of this and that, sundries, sold to the natives. The place is 'a bend in the river'; it is Africa. The time is post-colonial, the time of Independence.
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A Bend in the River is a novel by V.S. Naipaul that explores the themes of colonialism, independence, and modernity in Africa. The novel follows Salim, a Muslim trader who moves from the coast to an interior town and witnesses the political and social changes in the country.
A Bend in the River, novel by V.S. Naipaul, published in 1979. Reminiscent of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, A Bend in the River chronicles both an internal journey and a physical trek into the heart of Africa as it explores the themes of personal exile and political and individual corruption.
- V. S. Naipaul
- 1979
Jul 13, 2020 · A Bend in the River is V. S. Naipaul’s (17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) masterwork of displacement and dispossession, a summary statement from a distinguished writing career documenting what John Updike has called “one of the contemporary world’s great subjects—the mingling of its peoples.”.
A Bend in the River is a novel by V. S. Naipaul about an Indian Muslim shopkeeper in Central Africa. The book follows his struggles, relationships, and decisions as the town goes through various changes and challenges.
