A house for Mr. Biswas (Record no. 1793)
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| fixed length control field | 01574cam a2200253ua 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0140186042 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.914 |
| Item number | NAI/H |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Naipaul, V.S. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A house for Mr. Biswas |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books |
| Year of publication | 1992 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv,590p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | With an introduction by Ian Buruma |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career, A House for Mr. Biswasis an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels.<br/><br/>In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning death of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible, Mr. Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. But when he marries into the domineering Tulsi family on whom he indignantly becomes dependent, Mr. Biswas embarks on an arduous–and endless–struggle to weaken their hold over him and purchase a house of his own. A heartrending, dark comedy of manners, A House for Mr. Biswas masterfully evokes a man’s quest for autonomy against an emblematic post-colonial canvas. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English literature- Fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | East Indians |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Trinidad and Tobago--Port of Spain |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Home ownership |
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| Topical Term | Middle-aged men |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Homeowners |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Autonomy (Psychology) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English fiction |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 23/05/2014 | 250.00 | 823.914 NAI/H | 04915 | BK |