A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. The novel, telling the story of Salim, a merchant in post-colonial mid-20th century Africa, is one of Naipaul's best known …

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Salim has left the coast to make his way in the interior, there to take on a small trading shop of this and that, sundries, sold to the natives. The place is 'a bend in the river'; it is Africa. The …

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A Bend in the River, novel by V.S. Naipaul, published in 1979. Reminiscent of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, A Bend in the River chronicles both an internal journey and a physical trek …

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Accompanied by Metty, a son of one of the family’s slaves, he travels deep into the heart of the continent and becomes a trader in a town on a bend in a river.

Nov 9, 2024 · Set in an unnamed African country, the novel follows the journey of Salim, an Indian trader, as he navigates the turbulent waters of change in a society grappling with its colonial …

At its core, A Bend in the River is the story of Salim, a young man of Indian descent, who leaves his coastal home to set up a shop in a remote town at a bend in a central African river. There, …