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Unriddling the World

Unriddling the World Fifty Wonder Tales

Hardback (06 Nov 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Stories are living things. They are viral. They enter us through our eyes and our ears and they take up residence inside us.

Unriddling the World is a collection of fifty traditional narratives - stories from the winding track that leads from nursery rhyme to the great tales of creation and redemption, by way of ballads, riddles, folk tales, legends, epics and myths. They've been shaped by countless voices and they've stood the test of time. They are concentrations of human experience and they speak in the enigmatic picture-language of dreams.

These Fifty Wonder Tales form the heart of Hugh Lupton's repertoire: from 'The Stone Monkey' to the 'Oil of Mercy', from 'The Pottle of Brains' to the 'Pool of Dharma', they are a gift from the past to the future, shaped for retelling by a master storyteller. They're alive . . . and they're waiting to be told again.

About the Publisher

Unbound

Unbound was founded by three writers: Dan Kieran, Justin Pollard & John Mitchinson. We think people who love books - primarily readers and writers - deserve a say in what does or doesn't get published. You may not be aware of it, but even best selling authors are beginning to have very restrictive parameters imposed on the kinds of books they get to write. Put simply, there are lots of potentially great books we're not getting the opportunity to read.

Book information

ISBN: 9781789651775
Publisher: Unbound
Imprint: Unbound
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: -1g
Height: 240mm
Width: 159mm