Beyond Belief - V. S. Naipaul

Category: Documentary, Political, Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: 1990s Indonesia Iran Islam Malaysia Naxos Pakistan Travel

Written by V. S. Naipaul
Read by Raj Ghatak
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Mixed
Unabridged

Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, 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. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions. In extended conversations with a vast number of people, he 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, Beyond Belief is a startling and revelatory addition to the Naipaul canon.

March 31 2025
19 hrs and 17 mins