{"product_id":"a-house-for-mr-biswas-v-s-naipaul-9780375707162","title":"A House for Mr. Biswas","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author: an unforgettable comedy of manners inspired by the author's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A marvelous prose epic that matches the best nineteenth-century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA heartrending, dark yet comedic novel, \u003ci\u003eA House for Mr. Biswas \u003c\/i\u003emasterfully evokes a man's quest for autonomy against an emblematic post-colonial canvas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. S. Naipaul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375707166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375707162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.28w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e43272 \/ House for Mr. Biswas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2001 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2011 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2013 pg. 102","brand":"V. S. Naipaul","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051161448703,"sku":"9780375707162","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_781fa5af-d45e-4d71-95aa-40b54456d885.jpg?v=1685011454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-house-for-mr-biswas-v-s-naipaul-9780375707162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}