Bibliograph

Among the believers, an Islamic journey, V.S. Naipaul

Type

Label

Among the believers, an Islamic journey, V.S. Naipaul

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Among the believers

Oclc number

8387285

Responsibility statement

V.S. Naipaul

Sub title

an Islamic journey

Summary

The acclaimed novelist-journalist reports on the lives, faith, and renewed sense of importance of the people of Islam, from Iran to Indonesia

Table Of Contents

I. Iran: the twin revolutions : Death pact ; The rule of Ali ; The holy city ; The night train from Mashhad -- II. Pakistan: the salt hills of a dream : Displacements ; Karachi phantasmagoria ; The little Arab ; Killing history ; Hyderabad boogie-woogie ; The disorder of the law ; Basics ; In the Kaghan Valley ; Agha Babur ; The salt hills of a dream -- III. Conversations in Malaysia: the primitive faith : First conversations with Shafi: the journey out of paradise ; Brave girls ; Between Malacca and the Genting Highlands ; Araby ; The spoilt playground -- IV. Indonesia: usurpations : Assaults ; Sitor: reconstructing the past ; Deschooling ; The rice goddess ; The loss of personality ; Mental training in Bandung ; The interchangeable revolutions -- Reprise: the society of believers : Submission ; Islamic winter

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