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The Natives Are Restless [Hardcover]

Idries Shah (Author)

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December 1988
In the tradition of its best-selling predecessor "Darkest England", Shah continues his brilliantly funny look at the English and those who would try to understand them. The author's background gives him a uniquely Eastern and Western perspective from which he weaves a tapestry of characters, commentaries and anecdotes drawn from his many years as an observer of the English mentality.

Shah shares unusually personal stories from his life as a widely respected author, thinker and advisor. Joining with him are celebrities, treasure-hunters, expatriates, royals, pseudo-royals and an unforgettable parade of internationals. Together they share a look at the misunderstandings, scholarly absurdities and comic paradoxes of England and the rest of our ever-shrinking world.


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"... I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this many-angled book, such a rich mix of anecdote, information ... and history ..." -- Daily Telegraph

"... very funny and, if abrasive, useful because of this sharply observant viewpoint." -- Doris Lessing

"Shah investigates the origins and character of this strangely oriental tribe and comes to some surprising and provocative conclusions." -- BBC Review

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This book chronicles some of the amazing, amusing and thought-provoking adventures of the Afghan traveller and writer, Idries Shah among members of the English tribe. It is an enthralling sequel to the bestselling "Darkest England" published in 1987. A reviewer of that book described Shah as "one of the most original writers of the present day."

In "The Natives are Restless", he illustrates with the practised eye of an experiential anthropologist how the English see themselves, contrasting their view with how people from other countries try to understand their strange behaviour. Shah also speculates on the likely continuing effect of Englishness on the future development of global society, offering unsuspected parallels between English attitudes and oriental wisdom.


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