A House for Mr. Biswas
by Naipaul, V. S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
(London): Andre Deutsch; (1969). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated fourth printing, the "Russell Edition," near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Non-authorial gift inscription dated in 1974 on the front endpaper. The lamination on the jacket is slightly separated in the outer gutters, front and rear, but there is no bunching or rippling to the jacket. A tight, square copy with the publisher's price (35s net) on the front flap. The Nobel Prize winner's autobiographical novel set in his native Trinidad.
Synopsis
V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas tells the story of Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian, who struggles as he yearns for a place he can call home following the death of his father. Homeless and loveless, he wanders from place to place, from one type of work to another, with every small success matched by a humiliation. A House for Mr. Biswas is primarily a sharply drawn look at life that uses postcolonial perspectives to view a vanished colonial world. The novel—Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide— is ranked 72nd on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century, won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is listed in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923).
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Reviews
On Aug 31 2009, Madmom said:
I read this book in high school and will be reading again. This time from a mature perspective and will then give a critique
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023181
- Title
- A House for Mr. Biswas
- Author
- Naipaul, V. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch; (1969)
- Place of Publication
- (London)
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