The Voyages and Vicissitudes of Nasrudin

<p>The third book in Tahir Shah's series of Nasrudin stories <em>The Voyages and Vicissitudes of Nasrudin</em> builds on the foundations laid down by <em>The Misadventures of the Mystifying Nasrudin</em> and <em>The Peregrinations of the Perplexing Nasrudin</em> completing the trilogy. In turn the three volumes of Nasrudin tales are underpinned by Shah's celebrated travelogue <em>Travels With Nasrudin</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Part of an ancient hybrid of 'foolish wisdom' Nasrudin tales have been relied upon for centuries as a way of freeing the mind from existing preconceptions and entrenched ways of thought. Regarded by many as psychological puzzle-tales the jokes featuring the wise fool of Oriental folklore are told and retold in teahouses office blocks and ordinary homes - from Casablanca to Canton. </p>