A Bend in the River
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A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by V. S. Naipaul that explores postcolonial turmoil and personal dislocation in an unnamed Central African country.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Bend in the River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897366 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Bend in the River Context triple: [V. S. Naipaul, notableWork, A Bend in the River]
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A.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
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B.
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah is a political novel by Chinua Achebe that explores power, corruption, and resistance in a fictional postcolonial African state.
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C.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
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D.
No Longer at Ease
No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
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E.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North is a landmark 1966 novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that explores themes of colonialism, identity, and cultural conflict between Europe and Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Bend in the River Target entity description: A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by V. S. Naipaul that explores postcolonial turmoil and personal dislocation in an unnamed Central African country.
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A.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
-
B.
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah is a political novel by Chinua Achebe that explores power, corruption, and resistance in a fictional postcolonial African state.
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C.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
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D.
No Longer at Ease
No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
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E.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North is a landmark 1966 novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that explores themes of colonialism, identity, and cultural conflict between Europe and Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | V. S. Naipaul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Ferdinand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indar NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ Salim NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
postcolonial fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780394500200 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 278 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Africa—politics and government
ⓘ
Indians in Africa ⓘ dictatorship ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Joseph Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Salim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Salim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial portrayal of Africa
ⓘ
depiction of postcolonial African society ⓘ |
| openingLine | The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
André Deutsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | unnamed Central African country ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | postcolonial era ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedForYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
ⓘ
ethnic tension ⓘ failure of postcolonial states ⓘ identity ⓘ migration ⓘ modernization ⓘ personal dislocation ⓘ political instability ⓘ postcolonial turmoil ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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