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The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky

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The Sheltering Sky

by Bowles, Paul

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About This Item

London: John Lehmann 1949. 8vo. Third impression, one month after the first edition. 304 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and in pictorial dust wrapper. Jacket chipped at spine ends & corners, with 1-1.5cm loss to head of spine. Cloth clean. Internally clean. No ownership names. The author's first book, and a classic of beat literature. . Very Good. Cloth. Third Impression. 1949.

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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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
63190
Title
The Sheltering Sky
Author
Bowles, Paul
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Third Impression
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
John Lehmann 1949
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1949
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Beat,Literature,Paul,Bowles,Sheltering,Sky
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Cloth
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