A House for Mr Biswas: an emotional and darkly comic literary classic from the Nobel Prize winner (Picador Collection)
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Brand: Picador
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 640
Release Date: 19-08-2025
Part Number: 9781035038602
Details: 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.
EAN: 9781035038602
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 2.0 inches
Languages: English
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A House for Mr Biswas: an emotional and darkly comic literary classic from the Nobel Prize winner (Picador Collection)
A House for Mr Biswas: an emotional and darkly comic literary classic from the Nobel Prize winner (Picador Collection)
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Brand: Picador
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 640
Release Date: 19-08-2025
Part Number: 9781035038602
Details: 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.
EAN: 9781035038602
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 2.0 inches
Languages: English
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Author: V. S. Naipaul
Brand: Picador
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 640
Release Date: 19-08-2025
Part Number: 9781035038602
Details: 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.
EAN: 9781035038602
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 2.0 inches
Languages: English
