Ebook {Epub PDF} A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul

A House for Mr. Biswas was the fourth novel and first critical success of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul. It gained acclaim as #72 on Modern Library's list of best English-language novels of the 20th century, and it was featured on Time 's list of Best English-language Novels from to Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.  · Welcome! Log into your account. your username. your password. A House for Mr Biswas follows the titular character from his unlucky birth in rural Trinidad, through his repeated displacement, unsatisfying marriage to Shama Tulsi, lackluster parenthood, and financial missteps in his quest for a house, to his death in the city of Port of Spain at the age of

Accordingly, Mr Biswas's quest for a house arises in large part from sense of emasculation amidst the Tulsis. His desire for a house also reflects a desire to exert authority over his family, which he conceives in terms of the nuclear unit of a couple and their children rather than the traditional joint-family unit in which siblings live. V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in He came to England on a scholarship in He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 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. A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul The descendent of East Indian indentured servants, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born Aug, in Chaguanas, Trinidad.

Welcome! Log into your account. your username. your password. About A House for Mr. Biswas “The Nobel Prize winner’s first great novel” (Barack Obama), A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul’s father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels. A House for Mr. Biswas was the fourth novel and first critical success of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul. It gained acclaim as #72 on Modern Library's list of best English-language novels of the 20th century, and it was featured on Time 's list of Best English-language Novels from to