Among the believers

Naipaul, V S

| 1982

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"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 in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam, and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism. 'The edgy exactitude of Naipaul's writing is both effortlessly classical and yet at the same time brilliantly contemporary, as sharp and lucid as a spear of glass...

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Ganska intressant bok egentligen, men lite tråkig att läsa. Många "Jaha, det hade jag ingen aning om" upplevelser. Lite väl långa kapitel och ingen direkt handling drar ner betyget en del.