The Sheltering Sky.
by BOWLES, Paul
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
The first edition of the author's first novel, a landmark title in modern literature, and in many ways a progenitor of Beat fiction. An American couple's relationship struggles to survive when exposed to the expanse and alien culture of North Africa.
Synopsis
In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa, The Sheltering Sky is at once merciless and heartbreaking in its compassion. It etches the limits of human reason and intelligence--perhaps even the limits of human life --when they touch the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert. (via-GoodReads)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100132
- Title
- The Sheltering Sky.
- Author
- BOWLES, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, John Lehmann, 1949.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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