{"product_id":"the-caravanserai-stories-skeleton-island-9781914960611","title":"The Caravanserai Stories: Skeleton Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEight strangers were clustered around the campfire of the caravanserai - silhouetted, ragged, and ripened by adventure. As the flames licked the darkness, sparks spitting up into the nocturnal firmament, the traveller dressed in blue cleared his throat and told his tale...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so starts \u003cem\u003eSkeleton Island\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the eight extraordinary \u003cem\u003eCaravanserai Stories\u003c\/em\u003e - short tales that take the reader on a journey of enchantment and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by his Afghan grandfather's first book, \u003cem\u003eEastern Moonbeams\u003c\/em\u003e, published a century ago, Tahir Shah's \u003cem\u003eThe Caravanserai Stories\u003c\/em\u003e are part of the heritage of folklore, of which \u003cem\u003eThe Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/em\u003e is a foundation stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShah says: 'Teaching stories such as these have been used throughout much of the world since the dawn of human society. Indeed, teaching stories, fables, legends, and wider folklore are like encoded documents of humanity - constituting a repository of knowledge amassed over millennia.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegarded as one of the most important and prolific storytellers working today, Tahir Shah's body of work comprises more than sixty books, many of them containing tales and folklore gleaned from all corners of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tahir Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Secretum Mundi Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914960611\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretum Mundi Limited","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40806172164211,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8ae36898-2896-4aee-805d-e3965e58d50b.jpg?v=1682686544","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-caravanserai-stories-skeleton-island-9781914960611","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}