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Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples

Autor V.S. NAIPAUL
en Limba Engleză Paperback – dec 1999
"Brilliant. . . . A powerfully observed, stylistically elegant exploration." --The New York Times

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

"The book's strength lies in Naipaul's extraordinary ability as a storyteller to draw striking portraits of a cross section of individuals."--The Boston Globe

Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V. S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini's triumph in Iran. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia--lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions, and where dreams of Islamic purity clash with economic and political realities.

In extended conversations with a vast number of people--a rare survivor of the martyr brigades of the Iran-Iraq war, a young intellectual training as a Marxist guerilla in Baluchistan, an impoverished elderly couple in Teheran whose dusty Baccarat chandeliers preserve the memory of vanished wealth, and countless others--V. S. Naipaul deliberately effaces himself to let the voices of his subjects come through. Yet the result is a collection of stories that has the author's unmistakable stamp. With its incisive observation and brilliant cultural analysis, Beyond Belief is a startling and revelatory addition to the Naipaul canon.

"Highly accomplished. . . . Another display of Naipaul's remarkable talent." --The Independent (London)
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780375706486
ISBN-10: 0375706488
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 131 x 204 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:Vintage Intl.
Editura: Vintage Publishing

Notă biografică

V.S. Naipul lives in England.

Descriere

The author presents a powerful, compelling, and at times disturbing account of what is going on in the countries where Islamic fundamentalism is dominant--told in the words of the people themselves.