A bend in the river / V. S. Naipaul with introduction by Yiyun Li.

By:

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) [author.]

Contributor(s):

Li, Yiyun [writer of introduction.]

Publication details: London : Picador, 2020.Description: 325 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781529014099 (paperback)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Political fiction.

DDC classification:

823.914 23

Summary: This is a novel of the politics and society of postcolonial Africa. Salim, a young Indian man, moves to a town on a bend in the river of a recently independent nation. As Salim strives to establish his business, he comes to be closely involved with the fluid and dangerous politics of the newly created state, the remnants of the old regime clashing inevitably with the new.

List(s) this item appears in: February 2024 General Fiction

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item reserves
New book	Melbourne Athenaeum Library	Fiction	NAI	Available		072773

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Originally published: 1979.

This is a novel of the politics and society of postcolonial Africa. Salim, a young Indian man, moves to a town on a bend in the river of a recently independent nation. As Salim strives to establish his business, he comes to be closely involved with the fluid and dangerous politics of the newly created state, the remnants of the old regime clashing inevitably with the new.

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