| #1146285 in Books | 1999-12-07 | 1999-12-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.10 x.91 x5.15l,.69 | File type: PDF | 432 pages||13 of 16 people found the following review helpful.| Slower, Yet Deeper Naipaul|By Andrew Czernek|Beyond Belief takes more time to tell the personal or family tale of each subject than Among the Believers, his earlier book on Islam. It does a revealing job of describing the current cultural or political conditions in Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia and even India. Naipaul provides more sense of continuity and sense of cultural deve|.com |Acclaimed writer V.S. Naipaul has the eye of a novelist, the fearless curiosity of a 2-year-old, and the tenacity of a cornered badger. In Beyond Belief, he puts these three attributes to use in delving into the secrets of Islam--the other Islam,
"Brilliant. . . . A powerfully observed, stylistically elegant exploration." --The New York Times
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"The book's strength lies in Naipaul's extraordinary ability as a storyteller to draw striking portraits of a cross section of individuals."--The Boston Globe
Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V. S. Naipaul returned to the four n...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples | V.S. Naipaul. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.