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V.S. Naipaul A Bend in the River (Taschenbuch)

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EAN
9780330522991
ISBN
9780330522991
Produktart
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.04.2011
Höhe
196mm
Länge
130mm
Breite
22mm
Gewicht
240g
ISBN-10
033052299X
Herstellungsland und -region
GB
Genre
Fiction
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
Anzahl der Seiten
325 Seiten
Autor
V. S. Naipaul
Verlag
Pan Macmillan
Sprache
Englisch
Buchtitel
A Bend in The River

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'Brilliant and terrifying' Observer Set in an unnamed African country, the book is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast. He believes The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. So he has taken the initiative; left the coast; acquired his own shop in a small, growing city in the continent's remote interior and is selling sundries - little more than this and that, really - to the natives. This spot, this 'bend in the river', is a microcosm of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence: a scene of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation and poverty. And from this rich landscape emerges one of the author's most potent works - a truly moving story of historical upheaval and social breakdown. 'Naipaul has fashioned a work of intense imaginative force. It is a haunting creation, rich with incident and human bafflement, played out in an immense detail of landscape rendered with a poignant brilliance.' Elizabeth Hardwick 'Always a master of fictional landscape, Naipaul here shows, in his variety of human examples and in his search for underlying social causes, a Tolstoyan spirit' John Updike Set in an unnamed African country, the book is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast. He believes "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." So he has taken the initiative; left the coast; acquired his own shop in a small, growing city in the continent's remote interior and is selling sundries - little more than this and that, really - to the natives. This spot, this 'bend in the river', is a microcosm of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence: a scene of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation and poverty. And from this rich landscape emerges one of the author's most potent works - a truly moving story of historical upheaval and social breakdown.

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ISBN-10
033052299x
ISBN-13
9780330522991
eBay Product ID (ePID)
162039950

Produkt Hauptmerkmale

Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
325 Seiten
Verlag
Pan Macmillan
Autor
V. S. Naipaul
Buchtitel
A Bend in The River
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2011

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Hörbuch
No
Item Length
19cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
13cm
Item Weight
240g

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