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Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples
by Naipaul, V.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316643610
- ISBN 13
- 9780316643610
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Little Brown, London, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 439 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Revisiting Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia - the countries he visited for "Among the Believers" (1981), Naipaul reviews his impressions of the Islamic world. He explores the life and culture, and the current ferment which exists inside the nations of Islam. This book was written in a time before 9/11. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Asian History; 1990s; ISBN: 0316643610. ISBN/EAN: 9780316643610. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10373. . 9780316643610
Synopsis
V. S. NAIPAUL was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at University College, Oxford, he began to write, and since then he has followed no other profession. He has published more than twenty books of fiction and non-fiction, including A House for Mr. Biswas , A Bend in the River and A Turn in the South , and a collection of letters, Between Father and Son . He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10373
- Title
- Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples
- Author
- Naipaul, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316643610
- ISBN 13
- 9780316643610
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BZDB137 islam, history, converted countries, Ira, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, History; Asian History; 1990s; Unbranded ISBN: 0316643610 EAN: 9780316643610 Naipaul, V.S. Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples
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