A Bend in the River - V.S. Naipaul
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A Bend in the River
First edition
Author V. S. Naipaul
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Language English
Publisher Alfred A Knopf
Publication date May 1979
Media type Print
Pages 278 pages
ISBN 0-394-50573-5
OCLC 4494403
Dewey Decimal 823/.9/14
LC Class PZ4.N155 Be 1979 PR9272.9.N32
A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul.
The novel, telling the story of Salim, a merchant in post-colonial mid-20th century Africa, is one of Naipaul's best known works and was widely praised. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979.[1] In 1998, the Modern Library ranked A Bend in the River #83 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. A Bend in the River has also been criticized for a perceived defence of European colonialism in Africa.