Among the Believers (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Naipaul
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Travel writing
- Time of Work: The late 1970’s
- Setting: Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia
- Principal Characters: V. S. Naipaul
- Genres: Nonfiction, Travel writing
- Subjects: Culture, Homelessness or homeless people, Voyages, Tradition, Authors or writers, Islam, Asia or Asians, Middle East, Iran or Iranian people
Form and Content
V. S. Naipaul is known primarily as the author of a series of widely acclaimed novels set in the Caribbean or in other postcolonial societies: The Mystic Masseur (1957), The Suffrage of Elvira (1958), Miguel Street (1959), A House for Mr. Biswas (1961), Guerrillas (1975), A Bend in the River (1979), and numerous others. He has also published extensively in other genres—the short story, the essay, history, and travel literature. In the last category, he has written mainly of his experiences in and his reactions to the...
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