{"product_id":"scorpion-soup-paperback","title":"Scorpion Soup - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTahir Shah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by a book his grandfather wrote eighty years ago, master storyteller and author Tahir Shah set about creating \u003cem\u003eScorpion Soup\u003c\/em\u003e, an intense experience of interlinked and overlapping tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving been raised on stories from both East and West, Shah believes that tales work on numerous levels, subtly influencing the way we see the world, and the way we learn from it. Magical instruments, and secret machineries in their own right, stories live within us all. And, the way we appreciate them from the cradle is, Shah believes, part of the default setting of Mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduced in early childhood to the wonders of \u003cem\u003eA Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/em\u003e, Shah learned to receive and appreciate complex structures and storytelling devices. These have been used throughout history to pass on ideas, cultural values and information, as well as, of course, to entertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving been inspired by \u003cem\u003eThe Nights\u003c\/em\u003e, and the way that one story leads into another, and yet another, Shah uses this framing technique in \u003cem\u003eScorpion Soup\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn interwoven and intoxicating collection of tales, the book descends down through many layers, as one story progresses into the next, and eventually brings us back to the first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike anything that has been published in the Occidental world before, \u003cem\u003eScorpion Soup\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich and diverse feast for the senses, a book that instructs as much as it does entertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269019156729,"sku":"9781912383702","price":16.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/p_fBeF9CAs9781912383702.webp?v=1768886460","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/scorpion-soup-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}