A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul

In the "brilliant novel" ("The New York Times) 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.

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The 395th greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 9th on Robert McCrum's top 10 books of the twentieth century (The Guardian)
2. - 67th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
3. - 83rd on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
4. - 83rd on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
5. - 96th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
6. - 118th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
7. - The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
8. - 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
9. - 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
10. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	A Bend in the River	Mass Market Paperback	2387750	$10.00	$2.62
	A Bend In The River	Audio CD	3205665	$45.36	$8.68
	A Bend in the River	Paperback	1623542	$8.73	$1.48	1989
	A Bend in the River (Thorndike Classics)	Hardcover	4102515	$15.95	$1.79
	A Bend in the River	Hardcover	2947370		$20.00
	A BEND IN THE RIVER	Paperback	5645928		$0.02
	A Bend in the River	Paperback	2930975	$1.98	$0.01	1980
	A Bend in the River	Paperback	2346164	$6.71	$1.10	2011
	A Bend in the River (Modern Library)	Hardcover	2750539	$41.37	$5.94	1997
	A Bend in the River	Audio CD	4012580	$20.45	$45.56	2012
	A Bend In The River	Audio CD	5895645	$15.72	$7.99
	A Bend in the River	Paperback	2734700	$12.95	$0.43	2002
	Un recodo en el rio / A Bend In The River (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	11048944	$10.35	$4.60	2010
	A Bend in the River (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)	Hardcover	1122109	$24.00		2019
	Bend in the River	Hardcover	3713045	$148.76	$14.46	1979
	A Bend in the River	Paperback	435783	$8.96	$1.15	1989
	A Bend in the River	Hardcover	1963216	$140.83	$0.01	1979
	Un recodo en el rio/ A Bend in the River (Literatura Mondadori/ Mondadori Literature) (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	9676833	$43.11	$22.28
	A Bend in the River (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	56506	$4.99		2010
	A BEND IN THE RIVER	Mass Market Paperback	6317302		$4.79