false <![CDATA[A Bend in the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553228m/5845.jpg 5845 17 In this "brilliant novel" (<i>The New York Times</i>) 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. 1158939 book 1979 A Bend in the River total:1229|5:274|4:497|3:341|2:100|1:17| 1229 4598 1981 130 5 3 false false Mon May 18 07:13:41 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:25:34 -0700 2009 The Bend again this year and found it much more ensorcelling than first time around . I guess what is so appealing about the book is its sense of diligence, a discipline which attempts t...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1989 Mon May 14 19:23:10 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 19:23:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 14 21:15:51 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 09:54:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 05:55:52 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 06:00:09 -0700 2008 3 2 false false Sat May 31 16:50:06 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 16:51:13 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Fri Jul 11 11:59:31 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 12:11:08 -0700 2008
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The story is about a young man, of Indian descent, making way as a tradesman in an unnamed African trading town. Similar to A House...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 07:32:22 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:32:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 21:38:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:45:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 11:34:37 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 11:53:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 19:41:36 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 21:29:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 7 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 11:39:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:25:35 -0700 2009
I hear it sucks.

5/7/09

A total snoozefest.

Naipaul is a Nobel Prize winner?
That's crust!

I did a bit of research on Naipaul as I was reading this thinking, "are you freaking kidding me?!?!" Rave reviews in N...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 07 18:34:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:38:57 -0700 2009
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