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A Bend in the River


Book Description
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 alluri... More
Book Information
PublisherVintage Books
BindingPaperback (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages288
ISBN-10B005MWJ4XA
Publication Date03/13/1989
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About V.S. Naipaul (Author) : V.S. Naipaul is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of V.S. Naipaul include A Bend in the River, Magic Seeds.
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