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Sorcerer's Apprentice First Edition
Author(s): Tahir Shah (Author)
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication Date: 12 Oct. 1998
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0297819399
- ISBN-13: 9780297819394
Book Description
Aimed at travellers, readers of travel literature and those who simply want to know how the Indian rope trick is done, this is an account of the author’s quest to discover India’s ancient magical and scientfic heritage.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This is a terrific book: learned, funny and completely spellbinding.” — Mail on Sunday
Tahir Shah has a genius for surreal travelling, finding – or creating – situations and people. The India described here is not to be found by any tourist…” —
Doris LessingAbout the Author
Tahir Shah was born in 1966 into the Afghan nobility, the Saadat of Paghman.His wife is from Bombay and they met during his travels for Beyond the Devil’s Teeth. A freelance writer and journalist, he has written widely on the Near
