{"product_id":"nasrudin-in-the-land-of-tahir-shah-9781914960512","title":"Nasrudin in the Land of Fools","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fourth book of Nasrudin tales from the acclaimed storyteller, Tahir Shah, concerns the trials and tribulations of the inimitable wise fool's life in the Land of Fools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Nasrudin stories are overtly hilarious, while others are downright odd, yet all of them get the listener's brain working in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a thousand years, stories such as these have been relied upon - from Morocco in the west to China in the east - to impart wisdom, while challenging conventional thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eGENIUS MACHINE\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNasrudin invented a device to turn fools into geniuses, and geniuses into fools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs word of the machine spread, Foolslanders hurried to the capital and stood in line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaying their money, some of the dimmest fools in existence became geniuses in the blink of an eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, one at a time, the geniuses queued up again to be turned back into fools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNasrudin asked one of them why he wanted to be turned back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I always wanted to be a genius, ' he said, 'but now I have experienced it, I realize it's so much less exhausting to go through life as a fool.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tahir Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914960513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914960512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Secretum Mundi Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d","brand":"Tahir Shah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072533131519,"sku":"9781914960512","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bad9a0c-d2db-4f91-809b-5dc12d81d574.jpg?v=1685442539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nasrudin-in-the-land-of-tahir-shah-9781914960512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}