A bend in the river
By: V.S. Naipaul ; introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: East Indians -- Africa -- Fiction
Description: "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."--Jacket.