{"product_id":"9780375706486","title":"Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNaipaul, V. S.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/7\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412623720703,"sku":"9780375706486","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375706486_s600x595.jpg?v=1779819668","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375706486","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}