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by V. S. Naipaul


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Among the Believers; An Islamic Journey, written by V. S. Naipaul, describes a six-month journey across the Asian continent after the Iranian Revolution. V. S. Naipaul explores the culture and explosive situations in countries where Islamic fundamentalism was growing. He begins his travels in Iran, to Pakistan, Malaysia, and comes to an end in Indonesia with a short stop in Pakistan and Iran upon return to the UK. 
 
The aim of the author was to study culture with a long pre-Islamic history and their modern attempts to establish a religious state. A controversial work, this has been one of Naipaul's better-selling publications and after the book's publication, Naipaul was awarded the Jerusalem Prize.
 
In 1998 Naipaul published a sequel Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples.

From the publisher

From the Nobel Prize-winning author--"the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time" (The New Republic).

Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world is "a brilliant report.... A book of scathing inquiry and judgment, whose tragic power is being continually reinforced by current events" (Newsweek).

From the jacket flap

Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."

First Edition Identification

The book was first published in 1981 by André Deutsch in hardcover format with a colorful purple/gold dust jacket. 

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  • Title Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
  • Author V. S. Naipaul
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 1982-07-12
  • ISBN 9780394711959 / 0394711955
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 5.22 x 1.04 in (20.40 x 13.26 x 2.64 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Islamic countries - Description and travel, Islam - Asia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 82040048
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Atlantic Monthly, 04/01/2003, Page 94

About the author

V.S. NAIPAUL was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession. His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa, and a trio of books about India: An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now. In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He died in 2018.
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