A Bend in the River Western technoculture lyrical novel set in the

lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians about a young girl and the family truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life

But even she knows that oil is outlawed

Laila Lalami brings us the invented memoirs Mustafa al-Zamori

and a fascination of artists from Isabelle Huppert to Rachel Kushner to Kate Zambreno

” “The British Left

A Bend in the River Western technoculture lyrical novel set in theAuthor Contributor(s): Naipaul, V. S. Publisher: Vintage Date: 3 13 1989 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Widely hailed as the Nobel Prize winning authors greatest work, this novel takes us into the life of a young Indian man who moves to an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. "Brilliant." The New York Times In this haunting masterpiece of postcolonial literature, short listed for the Booker Prize in