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Collected Stories by Paul Bowles
Category: Fiction
In these hauntingly beautiful stories of abandonment and vengeance, extreme situations lead to disturbing conclusions. A missionary is sent to a place so distant he finds his God has no power there; a husband abandons his wife as they honeymoon in the South American jungle; a splash of water triggers an ...Show more
Let It Come Down by Bowles Paul
Category: Fiction
In Let It Come Down, Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Mo ...Show more
Let It Come Down by Paul Bowles
Category: Classic Fiction
Tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers as he gives in to his darkest impulses.
M'Hashish by Mohammed Mrabet; Paul Bowles (Translator)
Category: Fiction
"Ah," said Hassan, "I don't believe in the world. There's another world where life is different.These are stories of that world. The word m'hashish (equivalent in Moghrebi of "behashished" or "full of hashish") is used only in a literal sense, but also figuratively, to describe a person whose behavior s ...Show more
No Exit : A Play in One Act by Paul (ADP) Jean Paul; Bowles Sartre
Category: Poetry & Plays
Sheltering Sky (Popular Penguin) by Paul Bowles
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
The Moresbys are Americans abroad, but some journeys are best left unmade. Struggling to save their marriage, they resolve to trade civilization for the wilderness of the Sahara. At first, the pair are seduced by the desert's beauty. But beneath the exquisite landscape lurk the dark undercurrents of an ...Show more
THEIR HEADS ARE GREEN by PAUL BOWLES
Category: Travel | Series: Peter Owen Modern Classics Ser.
Bowles writes of his life and experiences in Morocco, his journeys to the Sahara and his other travels. He evokes the unique characteristics of both people and places.
The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowles
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Classics
Features three unbearably tense tales from sun-drenched and brutal climes that tell of vengeance, abandonment, violence and cruelty enjoyed and suffered, in a surreal realm of horror. This book includes: "The Delicate Prey", "A Distant Episode", and "The Circular Ruins"
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Category: Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics
Some journeys are best left unmade... Kit and Port Moresby are Americans abroad. Struggling to save their marriage, they resolve to trade civilization for the wilderness of the Sahara. At first, the pair are seduced by the desert's beauty. But beneath the exquisite landscape lurk the dark undercurrents ...Show more
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Tells the story of an American couple's fated attempt to regenerate their strange and troubled marriage as they journey through North Africa. The book is a portrayal of a man's physical and mental disintegration and is written by the author of "Midnight Mass".
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'"The Sheltering Sky" is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' - Michael Hoffman. Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavoring to escape this predic ...Show more
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (University of Northern British Columbia Canada)
Category: Classics
A beautiful 65th anniversary paperback edition of the landmark literary work by acclaimed author Paul Bowles.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 ...Show more