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A house for Mr. Biswas

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Knopf, [1995] switherlandEdition: 1st edDescription: 564 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780679444589
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.914
Dissertation note: The book that turned the gentle satirist of the Caribbean into a major literary figure, this is the story of a man who, without a single asset, enters a life devoid of opportunity; his tumble-down house becomes a potent symbol of the search for identity in a postcolonial world. His most widely read novel.
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Books Centeral Library First floor - Languages 823.914 N.V.H 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2138

The book that turned the gentle satirist of the Caribbean into a major literary figure, this is the story of a man who, without a single asset, enters a life devoid of opportunity; his tumble-down house becomes a potent symbol of the search for identity in a postcolonial world. His most widely read novel.

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