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A Bend in the River

A Bend in the River
V.S. Naipaul

not to be confused with the 1952 James Stewart film Bend of the River.A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul.

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“Like many isolated people, they were wrapped up in themselves and not too interested in the world outside.”

V.S. Naipaul A Bend in the River

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“After all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities.”

V.S. Naipaul A Bend in the River

Source: A Bend in the River

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“The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.”

V.S. Naipaul A Bend in the River

Source: A Bend in the River

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