The Naked Eye: Travels in Search of the Human Species - Hardcover

Morris, Desmond

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075315210X ISBN 13: 9780753152102

Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books, 2000

Synopsis

The first time Morris has written about himself since his autobiography "Animal Days" (1979). Desmond Morris wrote his autobiography "Animal Days" recounting his life up to 1967 when he published "The Naked Ape," the world-famous bestseller which portrayed the human species in a way that caused enormous controversy at the time and broke many religious and sexual taboos. It was described by the "Sunday Times" as the sort of book that changes people s lives. Since then, Desmond Morris has become one of the world s authorities on human behaviour, writing numerous other bestsellers on the subject and is a familiar figure to millions of TV viewers for his series on human and animal behaviour. In this new volume of autobiographical essays, he describes his travels and his observations of human beings and human behaviour in fascinating and often hilarious detail. It was these observations which provided the raw material for such remarkable books as "Manwatching" and "The Human Sexes," and the films that have accompanied them. His travels have taken him from the cities of North America to Mediterranean islands and around the whole of Europe in search of material for "Gestures," and to the Pacific and around Africa for "The Human Race" a total of some sixty countries throughout the world. The final chapter describes his recent journey around the world in ninety days."

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Review

The most entertaining... book he has ever written. "Manchester Evening News""

Synopsis

In the years since publishing the "Naked Ape" in 1967 Morris has made numerous journeys around the world in search of material, exploring and examining the varieties of human society. This is an account of these journeys which have taken him all over the globe.

About this edition

• Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 075315210X
• ISBN 13: 9780753152102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448