The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering SkyPaul Bowles

The Sheltering Sky (1948)

Paul Bowles

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'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. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria - uncertain of exactly where they are heading, but determined to leave the modern world behind. The results of this casually taken decision are both tragic and compelling.

ISBN:
9780141181912
Length:
322 pages

Genres: romance

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some of my favorites from this shelf include two works by wilkie collins on the left wilkie collins is highly underrated i think he's just as good as dickens he's a contemporary of charles dickens the two books there are the moonstone and the woman in white frankenstein by mary shelley the sheltering sky by paul bowles and watership down by richard adams

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