The Sheltering Sky

Name: The Sheltering Sky
Author: Paul Bowles

by Paul Bowles

Novel of an American couple's disintegration amid the deserts and uncertainties of North Africa

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Paul Bowles

Paul Bowles wrote claustrophobic, existential fiction set in North Africa, where his characters encounter the void beneath Western civilization. The Sheltering Sky is a masterpiece of dread and displacement.

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