The Sheltering Sky (Flamingo modern classics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Sheltering Sky (Flamingo modern classics) Book

American novelist and short-story writer, poet, translator, classical music composer, and filmscorer Paul Bowles has lived as an expatriate for more than 40 years in the North African nation of Morocco, a country that reaches into the vast and inhospitable Sahara Desert. The desert is itself a character in The Sheltering Sky, the most famous of Bowles' books, which is about three young Americans of the postwar generation who go on a walkabout into Northern Africa's own arid heart of darkness. In the process, the veneer of their lives is peeled back under the author's psychological inquiry.Read More

from£9.43 | RRP: £6.99
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £3.38
  • Product Description

    Tells the story of an American couple's fated attempt to regenerate their strange and troubled marriage as they journey through North Africa. The book is a portrayal of a man's physical and mental disintegration and is written by the author of "Midnight Mass".

  • 0586089322
  • 9780586089323
  • Paul Bowles
  • 13 September 1993
  • Flamingo
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
  • (Reissue)
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.