{"product_id":"beyond-belief-v-s-naipaul-9780375706486","title":"Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize-winning author offers an insightful follow-up to his landmark travelogue \u003ci\u003eAmong the Believers\u003c\/i\u003e a \"brilliant ... powerfully observed, stylistically elegant exploration\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) that's the result of a five-month journey through Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia, countries where dreams of Islamic purity clash with economic and political realities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative \u003ci\u003eAmong the Believers\u003c\/i\u003e, V. S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini's triumph in Iran. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn extended conversations with a vast number of people--a rare survivor of the martyr brigades of the Iran-Iraq war, a young intellectual training as a Marxist guerilla in Baluchistan, an impoverished elderly couple in Teheran whose dusty Baccarat chandeliers preserve the memory of vanished wealth, and countless others--V. S. Naipaul deliberately effaces himself to let the voices of his subjects come through. Yet the result is a collection of stories that has the author's unmistakable stamp. With its incisive observation and brilliant cultural analysis, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief \u003c\/i\u003eis a startling and revelatory addition to the Naipaul canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. S. Naipaul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375706488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375706486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.17w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/1999 pg. 48","brand":"V. S. Naipaul","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962012029183,"sku":"9780375706486","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8f2670b-1182-4fa8-b421-46fa873e97e1.jpg?v=1750649048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-belief-v-s-naipaul-9780375706486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}