The Sheltering Sky (Read Red)

The Sheltering Sky (Read Red)

by PaulBowles (Author)

Synopsis

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 of an alien culture, and the relentless dangers of a hostile natural world.And as they travel deeper, they might not only lose their way.They could lose their lives...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: 01
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 26 Jan 2006

ISBN 10: 0141023422
ISBN 13: 9780141023427

Media Reviews
It stands head and shoulders above most other novels published in English since World War II. -- The New Republic [The Sheltering Sky] is one of the most original, even visionary, works of fiction to appear in this century. --Tobias Wolff
Author Bio
Born in New York in 1920, Paul Bowles is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the twentieth century. He began his artistic career as a composer and travelled widely in Europe and North Africa, settling in Tangier with his novelist wife Jane in the 1940s. Bowles is often credited with being a literary inspiration to the Beat authors. He died in 1999.