A House for Mr. Biswas
Author(s): V. S. Naipaul
The book that turned the gentle satirist of the Caribbean into a major literary figure, this is the story of a man who, without a single asset, enters a life devoid of opportunity; his tumble-down house becomes a potent symbol of the search for identity in a postcolonial world. His most widely read novel.
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
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V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and non-fiction and the recipient of numerous honours, including the Nobel Prize in 2001, the Booker Prize in 1971, and a knighthood for services to literature in 1990. He lives in Wiltshire, England.
"From the Trade Paperback edition."
General Fields
- :
- : Random House USA Inc
- : Everyman's Library USA
- : 0.658
- : December 1995
- : 216mm X 133mm X 32mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : V. S. Naipaul
- : Hardback
- : 823.914
- : 564