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Naipaul Vidiadhar Surajprasad

Among the believers : An Islamic journey - New York Vintage Books 1956 - 430p

Contents
I - Iran: The Twin Revolutions
1 - Death Pact
2 - The Rule of Ali
3 - The Holy City
4 - The Night Train from Mashhad
II - Pakistan: The Salt Hills of A Dream
1 - Displacements
2 - Karachi Phantasmagoria
3 - The Little Arab
4 - Killing History
5 - Hyderabad Boogie-Woogie
6 - The Disorder of the Law
7 - Basics
8 - In the Kaghan Valley
9 - Agha Babur
10 - The Salt Hills of a Dream
III - Conversations in Malaysia: The Primitive Faith
1 - First Conversations with Shafi: The Journey Out of Paradise
2 - Brave Girls
3 - Between Malacca and the Genting Highlands
4 - Araby
5 - The Spoilt Playground
IV - Indonesia: Usurpations
1 - Assaults
2 - Sitor: Reconstructing the Past
3 - Deschooling
4 - The Rice Goddess
5 - The Loss of Personality
6 - Mental Training in Bandung
7 - The Interchangeable Revolutions
Reprise: The Society of Believers
1 - Submission
2 - Islamic Winter

ISBN: 9780394711959

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Islam Countries - Travel - Asia 2. Religion & Stae 3. Manners & Customs

Dewey Class. No.: 297.095000 / NAI