TY  - GEN
AU  - Naipaul, V. S. 
TI  - Bend in the River
SN  - 9780330522991
U1  - 823 NAI 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Picador
KW  - Africa
KW  - East Indians
KW  - Political fiction
KW  - Politics and government
N2  - Set in an unnamed African country, V. S. Naipaul's A Bend in the River 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
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