by V. S. Naipaul · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140052589
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«A Bend in the River» is the novel by V. S. Naipaul, published by Penguin Books in paperback (288 pages, in English).
The novel follows Salim, a Muslim trader of Indian origin on the eastern coast of Africa, who moves to an inland town in the midst of transformation. Naipaul portrays the social and political change of a newly independent country: the tension between tradition and modernity, the colonial legacy and corruption, with a critical tone.
The novel was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1979. The first edition appeared in 1979 and the Penguin Books edition dates from 1980.
For readers of literary fiction interested in postcolonial Africa and in the work of Nobel Prize in Literature winner V. S. Naipaul.
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.
