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A House for Mr. Biswas
by Naipaul, V. S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0233955895
- ISBN 13
- 9780233955896
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About This Item
A. Deutsch, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. 1978 Printing. The text block shows signs of foxing. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- ThriftBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1240185991
- Title
- A House for Mr. Biswas
- Author
- Naipaul, V. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0233955895
- ISBN 13
- 9780233955896
- Publisher
- A. Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
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