{"product_id":"beyond-belief-isbn-9780375706486","title":"Beyond Belief","description":"\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.\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.... A powerfully observed, stylistically elegant exploration.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book's strength lies in Naipaul's extraordinary ability as a storyteller to draw striking portraits of a cross section of individuals.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly accomplished. . . . Another display of Naipaul's remarkable talent.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London)V.S. NAIPAUL was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e His novels include \u003ci\u003eA House for Mr Biswas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mimic Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuerrillas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Bend in the River\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eIn a Free State\u003c\/i\u003e. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include \u003ci\u003eAmong the Believers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Masque of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, and a trio of books about India: \u003ci\u003eAn Area of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndia: A Wounded Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIndia: A Million Mutinies Now\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302099570917,"sku":"NP9780375706486","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375706486.jpg?v=1767722518","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/beyond-belief-isbn-9780375706486","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}