A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
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First published in 1979, a Bend in the River 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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1999, Tian xia yüan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
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A bend in the river
1979, Knopf ; distributed by Random House
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"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it."
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After a recent civil war, a country in the interior of Africa is under a new President, whose insane energy and crudity have made his power felt everywhere including an isolated village at a bend in the river.
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