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A Bend in the River

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

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Total Points

#379

3.33 (3 reviews)
Pages
336
Award(s)
Nobel Prize in Literature (2001)

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...

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red13x

Aug 23rd, 2025

Not a bad book, but I did find myself switching off now and then. I am glad I read it though.

forline

Dec 4th, 2016

Slow start first half and then captivating!!

bryanoz

Jun 9th, 2015