Vidiadhar S. Naipaul

A House for Mr Biswas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.

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 writer Teju Cole.

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.

Produktdetails

• Macmillan Collector's Library 201
• Verlag: Macmillan Collector's Library / Macmillan Publishers International
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 83840
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 103mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781529013016
• ISBN-10: 1529013011
• Artikelnr.: 60017697

Autorenporträt

V. S. Naipaul

Rezensionen

A work of great comic power qualified with firm and unsentimental compassion Anthony Burgess