A House for Mr Biswas
$41.39
- Hardcover
720 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2020
Summary
Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels, a classic that evokes a man’s quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by wr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529013016 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529013011 |
| Author: | V.S. Naipaul |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 378g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 106mm x 158mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
A marvellous prose epic that matches the best nineteenth-century novels
A work of great comic power qualified with firm and unsentimental compassion – Anthony Burgess
A marvellous prose epic that matches the best nineteenth-century novels * Newsweek *
Why, at 20, did I fling A House for Mr Biswas across the room, where it sat unfinished for 10 years, only to pick it up at 30, devour it practically in one sitting, and think it as near to perfect as a book gets? – Joshua Ferris * Guardian *
V.S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. 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. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of non-fiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa and a trio of books about India - An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. In 1990, V. S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018.
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