Among the Believers : : an Islamic Journey
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1981.
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.
The acclaimed novelist-journalist reports on the lives, faith, and renewed sense of importance of the people of Islam, from Iran to Indonesia.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Books, 1982, ©1981.
Year Published: 1981
Description: viii, 430 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0394711955
9780394711959
SUBJECTS
Naipaul, V. S. -- 1932-2018 -- Travel -- Islamic countries.
Naipaul, V. S. -- 1932-2018
Islam -- Asia.
Islam -- Asia.
Islam.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Islamic countries -- Description and travel.
Asia.
Autobiographies.
Nonfiction.
Autobiographies.