A House for Mr Biswas
HK$182.00
DESCRIPTION :
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS
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.
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.
Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 197 mm x 132 mm
WEIGHT : 448 g
SERIES : Picador Collection
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS
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.
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.
Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781529077193 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Naipaul, V.S. | |
| PUBLISHER : Pan Macmillan | PUBLICATION DATE : February 17, 2022 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Picador |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : From 18 years |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 448 g
SERIES : Picador Collection
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items
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