Description
| Product ID: | 9780330522823 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Among the Believers |
| Subtitle: | An Islamic Journey |
| Authors: | Author: V.S. Naipaul |
| Page Count: | 512 |
| Subjects: | Religious fundamentalism, Religious fundamentalism, Islam, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Travel writing, Islam, Islamic studies, Travel writing, Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An astonishing piece of travel writing and a timely and insightful analysis of Islamic fundamentalism. <p><i>Among the Believers</i> is V. S. Naipaul’s classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia; ‘the believers’ are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism.<br><br>‘This book investigates the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Muslim countries . . . He is a modern master.’ - <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>‘His level of perception is of the highest, and his prose has become the perfect instrument for realizing those perceptions on the page. His travel writing is perhaps the most important body of work of its kind in the second half of the century.’ - Martin Amis, author of <i>Time's Arrow</i>.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-09-03 |
