A House for Mr Biswas






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. Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him – and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own. Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Перейти к описанию и характеристикам| Издательство | Picador |
| Серия | Picador Collection |
| Страниц | 636 |
| Язык | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-5290-7719-3 |
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. Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him – and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own. Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
| Издательство | Picador |
| Серия | Picador Collection |
| Страниц | 636 |
| Язык | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-5290-7719-3 |
| Обложка | обл - мягкий переплет (крепление скрепкой или клеем) |
| Бумага | Газетная |
| Полиграфические особенности | Частичная лакировка |
| Иллюстрации | Без иллюстраций |
| Размеры | 130 × 200 × 40 mm |
| Вес, г | 450 |