000			01574cam a2200253ua 4500
020			_a0140186042
082			_a823.914 _bNAI/H
100			_aNaipaul, V.S.
245	1	0	_aA house for Mr. Biswas
260			_aNew Delhi _bPenguin Books _c1992
300			_axv,590p.
500			_aWith an introduction by Ian Buruma
520			_aThe 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. 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			_aEnglish literature- Fiction
650			_aTrinidad and Tobago
650			_aEast Indians
650			_aTrinidad and Tobago--Port of Spain
650			_aHome ownership
650			_aMiddle-aged men
650			_aHomeowners
650			_aAutonomy (Psychology)
650			_aEnglish fiction
942			_cBK
999			_c1793 _d1793