Theme of Exile in V.S Naipaul‘s Novel ‘A House for Mr. Biswas’

This paper aims to study V.S Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas as a literature of exile by focusing on the struggle of the main protagonist Mohan Biswas who lives in the state of exile. Exile is the state of being away from home, often by force. Most of Naipaul‘s works deals with the theme of exile. His works reflect his state of mind and his famous novel A House for Mr Biswas deals with the theme of exile in detail, which reflects Naipaul‘s own state of alienation and self-exile.A House for Mr Biswas is autobiographical in nature as it is inspired by the story of Naipaul‘s father. Mr. Biswas‘s only desire is to belong somewhere and to attain selfhood. Through the character of Mr. Biswas, Naipaul tries to describe his own feelings of displacement andexile. This paper critically analyze the theme of exile in Naipaul‘s A House for Mr. Biswas.