A House for Mr Biswas

(Author) V.S. Naipaul
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Heart-rending and darkly comic, V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels, a classic that evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the backdrop of postcolonial Trinidad. Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him - and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his father. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up married to her. But in spite of his endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own.

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Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781035038602
Publish year:
2025
Publish date:
March 6, 2025

V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian-born British author known for his novel "A House for Mr. Biswas" which explores themes of identity and displacement. His writing style is characterized by precise prose and incisive observations of postcolonial societies. Naipaul's work earned him numerous literary awards and a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

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