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A House for Mr. Biswas

Written by: V. S. Naipaul
Narrated by: Sam Dastor
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A House for Mr. Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man's struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr. Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his constant rebellion is motivated by the one thing that can symbolize his independence. The book is striking in its lush and sensual descriptions of Trinidad and was listed as one of Time magazine's 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

©1969 V.S. Naipaul (P)2017 Naxos AudioBooks Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature
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I love this book, but I'm biased to my culture. The most irksome thing is the performance. The reader, presumably British (by way of the narrators accent), doesn't seem to realize that the 1950 West Indian colonies have a different accent that the empires East Indian colonies. Hearing what's supposed to be a Trinidadian accent as a corny East Indian misrepresentation is embarassing and cringe to listen to.

Enough with the accents if you don't know what the hell you're doing.

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The narrator our Indian accents on Trinidadian characters. the characters words are even writing in Trini twang. The author was Trinidadian, the story takes place in Trinidad. The characters have Indian names though so yea they must speak like that /s

The narrator puts Indian accents on the characters

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