LEADER 03421nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910784577703321 005 20230617001357.0 010 $a1-282-07202-1 010 $a0-253-10640-0 010 $a0-253-10975-2 010 $a9786612072024 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362423 035 $a(EBL)149194 035 $a(OCoLC)56769996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954584 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238469 035 $a(PQKB)10381920 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC149194 035 $a(OCoLC)53012469 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16610 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL149194 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10026399 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207202 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362423 100 $a20020909d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNaipaul's strangers$b[electronic resource] /$fDagmar Barnouw 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 300 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-171) and index. 311 $a0-253-34207-4 311 $a0-253-21579-X 327 $aIntroduction : cultural plurality and cultural value -- Understanding strangers -- Postcoloniality and historicity -- Stories of other lives : novels -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; among the believers : an Islamic journey -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples : Iran -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples : Pakistan -- Uncertain histories : finding the center and the enigma of arrival -- Uncertain histories : a way in the world. 330 $aWinner of the Nobel Prize, Naipaul has traveled throughout the world, looking at its varied cultures and seeking out others' stories, recording and transforming them. His engagement with postcolonial cultures informs his novels, such as Guerrillas and A Bend in the River. However, it is his documentaries (such as Among the Believers and Beyond Belief) and his works that combine actual and fictional histories and memories (Finding the Center, The Enigma of Arrival, and A Way in the World) that best exhibit a growing awareness of the complexities of cultural difference and the incompleteness an 606 $aTrinidadians$zForeign countries$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTravelers' writings$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCultural pluralism in literature 606 $aIntercultural communication in literature 606 $aStrangers in literature 606 $aIslam in literature 607 $aIslamic countries$xIn literature 607 $aPakistan$xIn literature 607 $aIran$xIn literature 615 0$aTrinidadians$xHistory 615 0$aTravelers' writings$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCultural pluralism in literature. 615 0$aIntercultural communication in literature. 615 0$aStrangers in literature. 615 0$aIslam in literature. 676 $a823/.914 700 $aBarnouw$b Dagmar$0457344 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784577703321 996 $aNaipaul's strangers$93867989 997 $aUNINA