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Poor Mr. Biswas gets married off in rich family by accident and feels trapped in his marriage . OMG.

Mr.Biswas is indeed weird person.
Everything about this book so far is weird, but I love it.
Indians who live in Trinidad ? Here we go.

«Я думаю, Бог нервується, коли ми проминаємо десь у полі пурпурову барву й навіть не помічаємо її»

В цій книзі також присутні цікаві роздуми про релігію .

“Сьогодні він мене побив, бо сказав, що я підморгнула хлопцю в церкві. Може мені шось в око потрапило, але я не підморгувала. Я навіть не дивлюся на чоловіків. Це правда. Однак я дивлюсь на жінок, бо я їх не боюсь.”

“ Anyhow” said Mrs Wilkins , stopping her . “I’m sure it’s wrong to go on being good for too long , till one gets miserable. And I can see that you’ve been good for years and years , because you look so unhappy”

Till the half of the book there is an exploration of relationship between Anne and Will - second generation of characters .
After marriage they find out they are quite opposite , it turns to rivalry.
Despite passion there is rivalry in their relationship, different views on things , Will wants unity , Anne wants independence . They have different needs despite loving each other. Really intense marriage. Not calm .

First chapters of the book history of marriage between Tom and Lidia Brangwen. Initially their relationship is purely driven by attraction and emotional attachment , and they don’t truly understand each other on deeper levels . Love ≠understanding, but love and effort can help work on relationship to make it more mature. They learn to accept each other for who they are.

28 year old man falls in love with 34 year old woman who has a child from previous marriage and proposes to her… yeah, all of that by the way, happens in first chapter ;)

"To come back at the end of a hard day and find you! Are you happy, Annest of Annes?"
"Happy!" Anne bent to sniff a vaseful of apple blossoms Jem had set on her dressing-table. She felt surrounded and encompassed by love. "Gilbert dear, it's been lovely to be Anne of Green Gables again for a week, but it's a hundred times lovelier to come back and be Anne of Ingleside."