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Novels by V. S. Naipaul: A House for Mr Biswas, a Bend in the River, Guerrillas, Miguel Street, the Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life

Novels by V. S. Naipaul: A House for Mr Biswas, a Bend in the River, Guerrillas, Miguel Street, the Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: A House for Mr Biswas, a Bend in the River, Guerrillas, Miguel Street, the Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life, the Suffrage of Elvira, the Mystic Masseur, a Way in the World. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mr Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally sets the goal of owning his own house. Drawing some elements from the life of Naipaul's father, the work is primarily a sharply-drawn look at life that uses postcolonial perspectives to view a vanished colonial world. Mohun Biswas is born in rural Trinidad to parents of Indian origin. His birth is considered inauspicious as he is born "in the wrong way" and with an extra finger. A pundit prophesies that the newly born Mr Biswas "will be a lecher and a spendthrift. Possibly a liar as well," and that he will "eat up his mother and father." The pundit further advises that the boy be kept "away from trees and water. Particularly water." A few years later, Mohun leads a neighbour's calf, which he is tending, to a stream. The boy, who has never seen water "in its natural form," becomes distracted watching the fish and allows the calf to wander off. Mohun hides in fear of punishment. His father, believing his son to be in the water, drowns in an attempt to save him, thus in part fulfilling the pundit's prophecy. This leads to the dissolution of Mr Biswas's family. His sister is sent to live with a wealthy aunt and uncle, Tara and Ajodha, while Mr Biswas, his mother, and two older brothers go to liv...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=85387
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30
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Release
May 28, 2010
ISBN 13
9781157118558

Novels by V. S. Naipaul: A House for Mr Biswas, a Bend in the River, Guerrillas, Miguel Street, the Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: A House for Mr Biswas, a Bend in the River, Guerrillas, Miguel Street, the Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life, the Suffrage of Elvira, the Mystic Masseur, a Way in the World. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mr Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally sets the goal of owning his own house. Drawing some elements from the life of Naipaul's father, the work is primarily a sharply-drawn look at life that uses postcolonial perspectives to view a vanished colonial world. Mohun Biswas is born in rural Trinidad to parents of Indian origin. His birth is considered inauspicious as he is born "in the wrong way" and with an extra finger. A pundit prophesies that the newly born Mr Biswas "will be a lecher and a spendthrift. Possibly a liar as well," and that he will "eat up his mother and father." The pundit further advises that the boy be kept "away from trees and water. Particularly water." A few years later, Mohun leads a neighbour's calf, which he is tending, to a stream. The boy, who has never seen water "in its natural form," becomes distracted watching the fish and allows the calf to wander off. Mohun hides in fear of punishment. His father, believing his son to be in the water, drowns in an attempt to save him, thus in part fulfilling the pundit's prophecy. This leads to the dissolution of Mr Biswas's family. His sister is sent to live with a wealthy aunt and uncle, Tara and Ajodha, while Mr Biswas, his mother, and two older brothers go to liv...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=85387
Pages
30
Format
Paperback
Release
May 28, 2010
ISBN 13
9781157118558

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