Like all of Naipaul's "travel" books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization. It is a masterly achievement by one of the world's keenest observers and one of its greatest writers.
Glimpses of African Belief
Paperback
Publication Date: 04/10/2011
A remarkable work of reportage by the Nobel Prize-winning author that surveys belief and religion among the disparate people of Africa. "Engaging.... Naipaul's latest African journey is eyewitness reporting at its best." --Time
Like all of Naipaul's "travel" books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization. It is a masterly achievement by one of the world's keenest observers and one of its greatest writers.
Like all of Naipaul's "travel" books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization. It is a masterly achievement by one of the world's keenest observers and one of its greatest writers.
- ISBN:
- 9780307454997
- 9780307454997
- Category:
- Travel & holiday
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 04-10-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 203.2x134.62x13.72mm
- Weight:
- 0.24kg
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