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Among the Believers, An Islamic Journey
• V.S. Naipaul
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tenchant account set against the backdrop of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran.
(ISL17, $16.00)
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An Area of Darkness
• V.S. Naipaul
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A reflective, personal account of Naipaul's travels in India in 1962 -- a portrait of a time and place and searing, honest chronicle of the country during transition.
(IDA13, $14.95)
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A Bend in the River
• V.S. Naipaul
• LITERATURE
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The tale of a Indian merchant who moves from the East African coast to a village on the Congo.
(AFR133, $13.95)
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Beyond Belief, Islamic Excursions Among the Converted People
• V.S. Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Revisiting his "Among the Believers", Naipaul returns to the Islamic nations of Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Iran.
(ASA14, $15.00)
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The Enigma of Arrival, A Novel
• V.S. Naipaul
• LITERATURE
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(GBR456, $15.95)
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Father India, Westerners Under the Spell of an Ancient Culture
• Jeffrey Paine
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A very interesting book that explores the fascination that India has exerted on writers, politicians and other vistors.
(IDA165, $14.95)
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A House for Mr. Biswas
• V.S. Naipaul
• LITERATURE
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Naipaul's comic masterpiece. Described as Dickensian in scope, it tells the story of an outsider struggling to find a place for himself in the complex society of Trinidad.
(CRB20, $15.95)
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India, A Wounded Civilization
• V.S. Naipaul
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A vivid and unsentimental cultural portrait that draws together conversations with Indians, news reports, politics and literature, paying particular attention to the Hindu confrontation with the West.
(IDA224, $12.95)
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The Loss of El Dorado, A Colonial History
• V.S. Naipaul
• HISTORY
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Naipaul's trenchant history of the early years of Trinidad under the Spanish, French and British.
(CRB178, $14.00)
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The Middle Passage, The Caribbean Revisited
• V.S. Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Novelist and travel writer Naipaul tackles the history of the Caribbean and northern South America in this incisive portrait.
(CRB11, $14.95)
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A Turn in the South
• V.S. Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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First published in the New Yorker, Naipaul's wandering travel narrative is a poetic but profoundly disturbing portrait of the American South.
(USS65, $14.95)
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