Description
As a child in rural England, Tahir Shah first learned the secrets of illusion from a visiting Indian magician, the hereditary guardian of his ancestor's tomb. More than two decades later he set out to India on a quest: to study the form of magic used across the subcontinent on a daily basis by so-called 'godmen'.
Making his way to Kolkata, Tahir is taken on by Hakim Feroze, magician, illusionist, sadist, master, and irrepressible polymath, before embarking on what is described as a 'journey of observation'.
Shah's initiation into the brotherhood of Indian magicians makes for one of the most adventurous, enlivening, and downright bizarre travel books of its time. Lifting the lid on age-old illusions - such as human hibernation and levitation - Sorcerer's Apprentice established Shah as one of the leading travel writers of his generation.
Nothing is what it seems in this spellbinding tale. A rollercoaster of a read from start to finish, the travelogue reveals a secret underbelly of life that thrives across India, but which most authors hardly ever notice exists.
Author: Tahir Shah
Publisher: Secretum Mundi Limited
Published: 12/04/2020
Pages: 526
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.17d
ISBN13: 9781912383719
ISBN10: 1912383713
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Asia | India & South Asia
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
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