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The Spider's House
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The Spider's House Paperback - 2006

by Paul Bowles

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From the publisher

Originally published in 1955, Paul Bowles's remarkable novel set in Fez, Morocco, during the last days of the French colonial empire, is an expansive piece of writing--vintage Bowles

"With its atmosphere of sinister tension, its scenes of nationalist conspiracy and French police action, of escape and pursuit in the Arab quarter, The Spider's House reads for stretches like a first-class political thriller." -New York Times

The dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures, recurrent themes of Paul Bowles's writings, are dramatized with brutal honesty in this novel set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising. Totally relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere, richly descriptive of its setting, and uncompromising in its characterizations, The Spider's House is perhaps Bowles's best, most beautifully subtle novel.

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The spring sun warmed the orchard.

From the rear cover

Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, The Spider's House is perhaps Paul Bowles's most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures--recurrent themes of Paul Bowles's writings--The Spider's House is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Details

  • Title The Spider's House
  • Author Paul Bowles
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press
  • Publication date 2006-10-31
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780061137037 / 0061137030
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 6.2 x 1.13 in (21.08 x 15.75 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Political fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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