Salim has spent most of his life on the east coast of Africa, living and working with his family.
And from this rich landscape emerges one of the author\'s most potent works - a truly moving story of historical upheaval and social breakdown..
Serving as a microcosm of this changing world, his Bend in the River is a scene of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation and poverty.
Naipaul\'s vivid exploration of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence.
He buys a small shop in a sleepy town, at a Bend in the river, where he sells sundries to the locals.
First published in 1979, A Bend in the River is V.
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When he sets out to build a new life for himself, moving to an unnamed country in the heart of the continent he believes he is doing so to fulfil his duty as a man.
Salim has spent most of his life on the east coast of Africa, living and working with his family
