A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Fine. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on Easton's signature page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings. Bound in full leather, with 22 kt inlaid embellishments and gilded page edges, a satin page marker, and silk moire endpapers. Includes Certificate of Authenticity and publisher notes about book and author.
When Salim, a young Indian man, is offered a small business in Central Africa, he accepts. As he strives to establish himself, he becomes closely involved with the fluid and dangerous politics of the newly-dependent state.
Synopsis
A Bend in the River is set in an unnamed postcolonial Central African country and narrated by Salim, a shopkeeper. Naipaul explores the chaos and violence suffered after independence and how a power vacuum can quickly lead to the tyranny of dictatorship. Perceived by some to be written in defense of European colonialism, Naipaul admitted that he in fact knew very little about the region when he started writing the book. Despite this, the novel immediately won praise from critics for its poignant brilliance and was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 1979. In 1998 the Modern Library ranked A Bend in the River as one of the 100 best English-language books of the twentieth century.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4415
- Title
- A Bend in the River
- Author
- V. S. Naipaul
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Easton Press
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 2000
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- classic, africa, easton press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collector's Editions; Easton Press;
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