A Bend in the River cover art

A Bend in the River

 Preview
Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.
Buy Now for ₹468.00

About this listen

 In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.©1979 V.S. Naipaul (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction

Critic Reviews

"A brilliant novel." (The New York Times)
"Confirms Naipaul's position as one of the best writers now at work." (Newsweek)

It was an amazing story from a time and place that is a bit less foreign to me now. Although there has been controversy surrounding the book since, if Indian society is a proxy enough for the fictional country described here, Naipaul has done an accurate job.

A great book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.