V. S. Naipaul

"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 …

Half a Life is a 2001 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul published by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel is set in India, Africa and Europe. Half a Life was long listed for the Man Booker prize.

A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally …

À la courbe du fleuve est un roman de Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. Se déroulant dans un pays africain sans nom après l'indépendance, le livre est narré par Salim, un musulman indien, propriétaire d'un magasin, dans une petite ville de l'intérieur du pays. Étant né et ayant grandi dans une ville plus cosmopolite d'un …