num_pages: 576
description: 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.
language: English
title: A House for Mr. Biswas
titlecomplete: A House for Mr. Biswas
characters: Shama, Mohun Biswas
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, India, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 20680
places: Trinidad and Tobago
publisher: Vintage Canada