Review
"... challenges our intellectual assumptions at almost every point." --
The Observer"... some really cracking tales ... full of wit, sophistication, irony and commonsense ... completely absorbing." --
Northern Despatch, October 20, 1967"... these teaching-tales could become a permanent part of the reader's experience ..." --
Geoffrey Grigson, Country Life, October 26, 1967"Beautifully translated . . equips men and women to make good use of their lives." --
Professor James Kritzeck, The Nation"For every decade we live, we will find another meaning in each story." --
Desmond Morris, BBC - The World of Books
About the Author
As the urgency of our global situation becomes apparent, more and more readers are turning to the books of writer Idries Shah as a way to train new capacities and new ways of thinking. Shah has been described as "the most significant worker adapting classical spiritual thought to the modern world." His lively contemporary books have sold more than 15 million copies in 12 languages worldwide. They have been reviewed positively by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Times (London), The Tribune, The Telegraph, and numerous other international journals and newspapers. "The most interesting books in the English language."
Saturday Review "A major psychological and cultural event of our time."
Psychology Today "One is immediately forced to use one's mind in a new way."
New York Times The instrumental function of Shah's work is now well established among people from all walks of life. Stockbrokers, scientists, lawyers, managers, writers, physicians, and diplomats have found Shah's literature for human development "extraordinary." "It presents a blueprint of the human mental structure."
Robert Ornstein, psychologist and author "Extremely useful in teaching students about management and computers."
Thomas Malone, MIT "Idries Shah provides the unique perspective that allows us to assess real motivations and social biases in a more accurate light."
E. Neilsen, attorney at law
