by V.S.Naipaul (Author)
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
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Picador
Published: 19 Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 0330413333
ISBN 13: 9780330413336
Book Overview: V.S. Naipaul was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature.