V.S. Naipaul. First American edition (stated). Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclipped jacket with a mylar protective wrapper. Jacket design by Lorraine Louie. Has the publication date "3/87" on inside, rear flap. Photo of author by Thomas Victor. Hardcover: Near Fine. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Green cloth with black spine and gold and silver lettering and design on both cover and spine. No writing or markings in this beautiful edition, 354 pp.
The 2001 Nobel Prize and Booker award-winning author presents a novel that follows the life of Mr. Biswas, a man from the lower caste in India who is forced to leave his home and travel to England to find work. Mr. Biswas is a unique and complex character, and the novel is told in a unique and powerful way
The title of the book is taken from a picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico. It's a story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad, who arrives in post-imperial England. He observes the gradual but profound changes wrought on the English countryside by the march of progress.
The author published more than 30 books over a 50 year period before passing away in 2018.
