This is a free 50-page excerpt from Ramsay Wood's Volume 2, Kalila and Dimna - Fables of Conflict and Intrigue (available December 2011). If you like it click here to shop online or ask for it at your local bookstore.

'An intricately woven web of some of the world's oldest and greatest stories, sweetly and humourously retold, and begging to be read aloud to a new generation of listeners.'

back cover blurb by William Dalrymple,
author of City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

UK and North African English-language Booksellers:
Advance Information on the
2011 Medina and Al Kotob Khan Editions: click here

To read an excerpt of Volume One, click here