London: Andre Deutsch, ( 1979 ). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped. 8vo, 296 pages, greenish cloth, inked name on endpaper;

Naipaul was to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. "His level of perception is of the highest, and his prose has become the perfect instrument for realising those perceptions on the page - Martin Amis." Curiously, the cover photo on the dj does not show a bend in the river !?

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A Bend in the River is set in an unnamed postcolonial Central African country and narrated by Salim, a shopkeeper. Naipaul explores the chaos and violence suffered after independence and how a power vacuum can quickly lead to the tyranny of dictatorship. Perceived by some to be written in defense of European colonialism, Naipaul admitted that he in fact knew very little about the region when he started writing the book. Despite this, the novel immediately won praise from critics for its poignant brilliance and was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 1979. In 1998 the Modern Library ranked A Bend in the River as one of the 100 best English-language books of the twentieth century.

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4578
Title: A Bend In The River
Author: V. S Naipaul
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: price-clipped
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 0233971408
ISBN 13: 9780233971407
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: ( 1979 )
Keywords: African fiction, Nobel Prize for Literature, V. S. Naipaul,

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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