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"Naipaul has constructed a marvelous prose epic that matches the best nineteenth-century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power."–Newsweek
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Dieser Familien- und Entwicklungsroman spielt in Trinidad, im indischen Milieu dieser Insel, dem Naipaul entstammt. Mr. Biswas ist von Geburt an Außenseiter: Er wird 'falsch herum' geboren, mit sechs Fingern an einer Hand - Unglückszeichen, die ihm von vornherein eine Sonderstellung innerhalb der Familie verschaffen. Als Abkömmling indischer Einwanderer und Sohn eines armen Landarbeiters, der früh stirbt, bleibt Biswas auch am Rande der Gesellschaft von Trinidad. Dies ist Fluch und Chance zugleich.Mr. Biswas entwickelt eine Reizbarkeit und Fantasie, die den Zusammenstoß mit dem Familienklan, dem er durch seine Frau angehört, zu einem Kampf auf Leben und Tod werden lassen.
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A House for Mr. Biswas is one of the few books I tend to "push" people to read. I first heard about Naipaul in 1980 when Elizabeth Hardwick wrote a piece on him in the New York Review of Books. So I read A Bend in the River and loved it. A bit later that year, I moved to London, England to study for a year. I decided to spend the year studying V.S. Naipaul and wrote a book-length paper on him. Biswas was the fourth book I read by him and it just blew me away. It's one of handful of books I'd take to the fabled desert island. Naipaul, I've learned, is not everyone's cup of tea. His maddening fastidiousness can just about drive a reader nuts, especially in his travel writing. But, my God, what a prose master he is! It's an absolute disgrace he hasn't won the Nobel yet. I highly recommend The Enigma of Arrival, one of the strangest and most beautiful books ever written. It's rivetingly haunting. Please read it, folks!
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Reading A House for Mr Biswas for the first time some years ago was a tremendous experience for me. In the story of Mohun Biswas -- particularly in the story of his muddled attempts to realize his aspirations -- I could see, with sometimes painful clarity, aspects of my own life and my own emotions. I could see also images of things that I knew of my father's life; and I was particularly moved when I learned later that Biswas was based loosely on the life of Naipaul's father.In Mohun Biswas, Naipaul has constructed a character, while not heroic nor particularly admirable, who embodies the struggles and desires and self-doubts that a lot of us (non-heroic and non-admirable) people experience. And Naipual has brought to his study of Biswas (and by extension to his consideration of his father's life) an extraordinary insight, one that is compassionate yet clear-sighted. I felt, after reading Biswas, that I understood myself better, more clearly, than before. No other novel I have ever read has given me this feeling to quite this extent. I would not hesitate to rank A House for Mr Biswas as the equal of the best nineteenth-century novels.
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Naipaul has crafted a fine novel. Having said that, however, I would then say that I didn't find it funny or endearing, which is how it was represented to me. The story is more pathetic than inspiring. Mr. Biswas leads a callow and unfulfilled life, which is primarily his fault. There is no deep psychological introspection like Dostoyevsky or Dickens. The only character whose psyche we delve into is Mr. Biswas, and to be perfectly honest, his is not a psyche I would like to spend six hundred pages delving into again. I did not enjoy his character and he was not emotionally or intellectually articulated enough to have a love/hate relationship with. A selfish and cruel person, like an immature and careless child, he never grows up or gains our respect. The remaining characters' actions are left for us to interpret, adding an enigmatic quality. I floated through the story trying to attach myself, but how could I when Mr. Biswas never does. The descriptions of Trinidad and his society are beautifully written. If you are interested in a portrait of the life I can't recommend a better novel.
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A fine novel.
Reading " A house..." was an experience in itself for me.A fine novel. The story, beautifully crafted, was more pathetic than humorous. Even Mr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
A beautiful novel
Like most of the other reviewers, I was captivated by Naipaul's obvious mastery of the language. This book is worth reading for that alone. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. September 1999 veröffentlicht
How did this novel get the reputation of humorous?
I heartily endorse another reviewer's opinion who found this novel beautifully crafted, intelligent, painfully authentic. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Wonderful Prose and Style
This book is about a man who spends his life trying to make a mark on the world. Though this desire is universally recognizable, Mr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. September 1999 von Milind S. Pandit
Biswas tops all the other "classics"
This is probably the best fiction book I've ever read! I just finished it a week ago and I am ecstatic. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 1999 von Stephen Taylor
an imaginative novel, but contaminated with too much detail
On the whole, I would consider this novel a pretty enthraling depiction of the Indian diaspora. Naipul offers a refreshing change from the typical "american dream" genre... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A blighted life that gives us a wider perspective.
In splendid prose V. S. Naipaul tells the story of a man's life in a place where few readers have been and among people few have seen. Mr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Craftmanship
A master at work, certainly the best novel I have ever read.
Am 6. August 1998 veröffentlicht
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