Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels, a classic that evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the backdrop of postcolonial Trinidad. Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him - and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his father. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up married to her. But in spite of his endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, a A House for Mr Biswas - V. S. Naipaul od authora V. S. Naipaul a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
V.S. Naipaul |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
640 |
Rok vydání |
2024 |
Nakladatelství |
Picador |