num_pages: 288
description: This novel chronicles both an internal journey and a physical trek into the heart of Africa, a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.
language: English
title: A Bend in the River
titlecomplete: A Bend in the River
characters: Salim, Metty, Ferdinand (A Bend in the River), Father Huismans, Mahesh, Shoba, Indar, Raymond (A Bend in the River), Yvette (A Bend in the River), Zabeth, Nazruddin
genres: Fiction, India, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 17359
places: Africa
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Penguin Books