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A Bend in the River by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Bend in the River about?
One of V.S. Naipul’s best-known works, this account of chaos and corruption in post-colonial Africa evokes echoes of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness."Always a master of fictional landscape, Naipaul here shows, in his variety of human examples and in his search for underlying social causes, a Tolstoyan spirit." - John UpdikeWhen Salim is offered a small business in Central Africa, he accepts. Accompanied by Metty, a son of one of the family’s slaves, he travels deep into the heart of the continent and becomes a trader in a town on a bend in a river. Salim believes that: "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it". But will Salim and his rigid views survive the changing political landscape as social upheaval spreads through post-colonial Africa?"The sweep of Naipaul's imagination, the brilliant fictional frame that expresses it, are in my view without equal today." — Elizabeth HardwickV. S. Naipaul's novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Enigma of Arrival, A Bend in the River (shortlisted for the 1979 Booker Prize), Half a Life (longlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize) and In a Free State, which won the 1971 Booker Prize
Who reads A Bend in the River?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780330487146
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Peoples & Cultures Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (11,257 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
