Description
Mohun Biswas has spent his life searching for a place to call his own, a sanctuary from the suffocating embrace of his domineering family and the capricious turns of fate. From his inauspicious birth to his struggles for independence, Biswas navigates a world that often seems determined to thwart his every ambition. This poignant novel explores themes of identity, belonging, and the enduring human desire for self-determination against a backdrop of Trinidadian society. Naipaul masterfully crafts a portrait of a man yearning for dignity and a space to simply be.
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paperback
Pan Macmillan
Published Jan 1, 2002
644 pages
ISBN: 9780330487191
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Details
First Published
1961
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul.