A House For Mr Biswas

A House For Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul


ISBN
9780330487191
Published
Released
03 / 02 / 2003
Binding
Paperback
Pages
640
Dimensions
130 x 198 x 40mm

'A House For Mr Biswas' is VS Naipaul's unforgettable third novel.

Born the "wrong way" and thrust into a world that greeted him with little more than a bad omen, Mohun Biswas has spent his 46 years of life striving for independence. But his determined efforts have met only with calamity.

Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning of his father, Mr Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. He marries into the domineering Tulsi family, on whom he becomes indignantly dependent, but rebels and takes on a succession of occupations in an arduous struggle to weaken their hold over him and purchase a house of his own.

Heartrending and darkly comic, 'A House For Mr Biswas' masterfully evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad.
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