Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey

Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey

V.S. Naipaul, Natalie Zimmermann (Translator), Lorris Murail (Translator)

"Among the Believers" 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. 'The edgy exactitude of Naipaul's writing is both effortlessly classical and yet at the same time brilliantly contemporary, as sharp and lucid as a spear of glass...He is inimitable, truly great and truly deserving of the Nobel' - "Observer".

Genres

Travel

Nonfiction

Religion

Islam

History

Iran

Pakistan

495 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981