Beyond Belief
islamic excursions among the converted peoples
$39.08
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2010
Summary
Beyond Belief: Journeys in Islam
A fascinating follow-up to Among the Believers by one of our most brilliant writers, this book delves into one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time.
This is not a book of opinion. It is a rich and human exploration, filled with people and their stories: stories of family, both broken and whole; of religion and nation; and of the constant struggle to create a world of virtue and prosperity in equal measure.
Islam is …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330517874 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0330517872 |
| Author: | V.S. Naipaul |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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Sceptical, enquiring, sharply observant and unfailingly stylish.
Sceptical, enquiring, sharply observant and unfailingly stylish. * Guardian *Peerless … the human encounters are described minutely, superbly, picking up inconsistencies in people’s tales, catching the uncertainties and the nuances … there is a candour to his writing, a constant precision at its heart. * Sunday Times *
About The Author
V.S. Naipaul
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 has followed no other profession. He has published more than twenty books of fiction and non-fiction, including Half a Life, A House for Mr Biswas, A Bend in the River and most recently The Masque of Africa, and a collection of letters, Between a Father and Son. In 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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