A Bend in the River

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Set in an unnamed African country, the book is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast. He believes The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. So he has taken the initiative; left the coast; acquired his own shop in a small, growing city in the continents’s remote interior and is selling sundries - little more than this and that really - to the natives. This spot, this ‘bend in the river’, is a microcosm of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence: 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.

ISBN10: 033052299X	ISBN13: 9780330522991
Format: Paperback	Pages: 326
Publisher: Picador	GoodReads Rating: 4
Author: V.S. Naipaul,

A Bend in the River

Read the most by: boys and girls

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