The Question and Answer section for A House for Mr Biswas is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The protagonist of the story, Mohun Biswas, is an Indian born in rural Trinidad and is pronounced unlucky by the pundit at his birth due to the presence of six fingers and because he was born in the wrong way. Mohun goes through a series of life...
The protagonist of the story, Mohun Biswas, is an Indian born in rural Trinidad and is pronounced unlucky by the pundit at his birth due to the presence of six fingers and because he was born in the wrong way. Mohun goes through a series of life...
A very important theme in the book is the treatment of women. Though the majority of characters are women, the women are mostly treated as caretakers, conspirators, or just faces in the crowd. They hardly have any kind of aspirations. The...
