A Bend In The River

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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.

Set in an unnamed town at the heart of a newly independent African nation, A Bend in the River is a landmark work of postcolonial fiction that chronicles the life of Salim, an Indian-African merchant who relocates to run a shop in a volatile, rapidly changing interior region. Naipaul presents a searing portrait of a society caught between the remnants of colonial order and the chaos of a new political reality, ruled by a shadowy and all-powerful Big Man. The novel captures the psychological dislocation of people adrift in a world where old certainties have collapsed and new ideologies ring hollow, rendered in prose that is precise, unflinching, and darkly ironic. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, it illustrates the fragility of civilization and the enduring human struggle for meaning amidst disorder.