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From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V.S. Naipaul's best-loved novel, a tragicomic tour de force.
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V.S. Naipaul's best-loved novel, a tragicomic tour de force.
Über den Autor

V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession.

His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of non-fiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa and a trio of books about India - An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.

In 1990, V. S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018.

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Picador Collection
Macmillan Collector's Library
Inhalt: 640 S.
ISBN-13: 9781035038602
ISBN-10: 1035038609
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Naipaul, V. S.
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Picador
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 194 x 130 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: V. S. Naipaul
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.03.2025
Gewicht: 0,43 kg
Artikel-ID: 131679303