A House for Mr Biswas

A House for Mr Biswas
V S Naipaul
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Hardback
h150 x 93mm - 720pg
20 Aug 2020 UK
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9781529013016
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One of BBC' s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. 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 post-colonial Trinidad. Part of the Macmillan Collector' s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by writer Teju Cole. 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 family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own.
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession. His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of non-fiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa and a trio of books about India - An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. In 1990, V. S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018.
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ISBN-13: 9781529013016
Published: 20 Aug 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Height: 150mm
Width: 93mm
Pages: 720

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