{"product_id":"beyond-belief-book-v-s-naipaul-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\u003e Fourteen 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\u003e In 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\u003e is a startling and revelatory addition to the Naipaul canon.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49606642729233,"sku":"GOR003860446","price":5.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49972722991377,"sku":"CIN0375706488G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50351449997585,"sku":"CIN0375706488A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50457867813137,"sku":"CIN0375706488VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51864798855441,"sku":"GOR004569240","price":5.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375706488.jpg?v=1750910548","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/fr-fr\/products\/beyond-belief-livre-v-s-naipaul-9780375706486","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}