num_pages: 623
description: Mohun Biswas has spent his 46 years of life striving for independence. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning of his father, he yearns for a place he can call home. He marries into the Tulsi family, on whom he becomes dependent, but rebels and takes on a succession of occupations in a struggle to weaken their hold over him.
language: English
title: A House for Mr Biswas
titlecomplete: A House for Mr Biswas
characters: Mohun Biswas, Shama
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Indian Literature, India, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 20676
places: Trinidad and Tobago
publisher: Picador