Among the believers : an Islamic journey af V. S. Naipaul (Bog)

This book investigates the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Muslim countries . . . He is a modern master.’ - Sunday Times

‘His level of perception is of the highest, and his prose has become the perfect instrument for realizing those perceptions on the page. His travel writing is perhaps the most important body of work of its kind in the second half of the century.’ - Martin Amis, author of Time's Arrow.

Forfatter: V. S. Naipaul

Sprog: Engelsk

Antal sider: 495

Forlag: Picador

Udgivelsesår: 2001

In this account of his journeys through Asia, the believers are the Muslims Naipaul met on these jouneys. He shows young people battling to regain the original purity of their faith, and offers an insight into modern Islam and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism.

Titel: Among the believers : an Islamic journey

Genre: Rejse og Kultur

Sammendrag: Among the Believers is V.S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith.

Type: Paperback