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Can I read A Bend in the River on EtoBox?
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Bend in the River about?
'Brilliant and terrifying' Observer 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 continent'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. 'Naipaul has fashioned a work of intense imaginative force. It is a haunting creation, rich with incident and human bafflement, played out in an immense detail of landscape rendered with a poignant brilliance.' Elizabeth Hardwick 'Always a master of fictional landscape, Naipaul here shows, in his variety of human examples and in his search for underlying social cau
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
- V. S. Naipaul
- Publisher
- Picador USA; PICADOR
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780330522991
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Peoples & Cultures Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (74 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14