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A Bend in the River
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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
Critic Reviews
"A brilliant novel." (The New York Times)
"Confirms Naipaul's position as one of the best writers now at work." (Newsweek)
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- ravi
- 25-12-2016
Bad performance.
So much emphasis on white people's stereotypes of Indian accent. The recording adds an element of funniness to Indians which was not intended or implied in the written work.
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