House for Mr. Biswas
by House for Mr. Biswas
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"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.
Product Details
- Knopf Doubleday Publishin Brand
- Mar 13, 2001 Pub Date:
- 9780375707162 ISBN-13:
- 0375707166 ISBN-10:
- 576 Pages
- English Language
- 8 in * 5.2 in * 1 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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