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Title details for A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul - Available

A House for Mr. Biswas

A Novel

by V. S. Naipaul
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author: an unforgettable comedy of manners inspired by the author's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels.
“A marvelous prose epic that matches the best nineteenth-century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power.” —Newsweek
In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning death of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible, Mr. Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. But when he marries into the domineering Tulsi family on whom he indignantly becomes dependent, Mr. Biswas embarks on an arduous—and endless—struggle to weaken their hold over him and purchase a house of his own.
A heartrending, dark yet comedic novel, A House for Mr. Biswas masterfully evokes a man’s quest for autonomy against an emblematic post-colonial canvas.

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  • Release date

    October 20, 2010

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9780307776556

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      • ISBN: 9780307776556

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307776556
      • File size: 2881 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6.8
    • Lexile® Measure: 900
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6.8
  • Lexile® Measure:900
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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