One character in this book is terrified by winged ants during a storm, and two characters' legs turn white in this novel when they wade in a buffalo pond.
One character in this book is terrified by winged ants during a storm, and two characters' legs turn white in this novel when they wade in a buffalo pond. The main character makes a lifeless painting of Punch and writes a series of unfinished stories all titled "Escape" in this novel, which begins with a father giving his daughter the bleak advice, "Fate. There is nothing we can do about it." This novel's protagonist moves between The Chase, Green Vale, and Hanuman House after causing his father's drowning by playing in a stream when he was supposed to be watching a calf. This novel's protagonist, who is based on the author's father Seepersad, desires autonomy symbolized by the title object. He marries Shama, daughter of the Tulsi family, which turns out to be a painful decision for Mohun in, for 10 points, what book by V.S. Naipaul?
One character in this book is terrified by winged ants during a storm, and two characters' legs turn white in this novel when they wade in a buffalo pond.
A House for Mr. Biswas