Download or read book The Other Side of the House written by Balkrishna Naipaul and published by . This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The other side of the house is a compelling story about a young man in pursuit of an education, which will enable him to follow in the footsteps of his uncle as a writer. but the education system conspires against him against him and he is forced to retreat into the inner recesses of his self. This brings him into contact with some powerful ancestors, who by their benediction and compassion for an old companionable soul, he is set on a path of self-study, from where he can achieve his goal. It is not an easy path, for here there are entangled webs that he must overcome: to serve as the family pandit while being a Brahmachari and abstain from seeing his childhood sweetheart to whom he is "practically engaged". Still, he preservers and his whimsical but penetrating and original mind leads us into some very comical situations, which balances off well with the sometimes gothic niches that he is prone to inhibit."--Pages 2 of cover