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The Sheltering Sky
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The Sheltering Sky Hardcover - 2000

by Paul Bowles

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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)


From the publisher

"The Sheltering Sky is one of the most original, even visionary, works of fiction to appear in the twentieth century." --Tobias Wolff

"It stands head and shoulders above most other novels published in English since World War II." --New Republic

In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend other cultures--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, 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 dessert.

First Edition Identification

New Directions published the First US Edition in New York, 1949. The edition is bound in the publisher’s tan cloth, with blue and black stamping on the spine. 


John Lehmann published the First UK Edition in London, 1949. The original jacket was designed by Red Uhlman.


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  • Title The Sheltering Sky
  • Author Paul Bowles
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press, New York
  • Date 2000
  • ISBN 9780060199166 / 0060199164
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.62 x 1.13 in (20.96 x 14.27 x 2.87 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Love stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00041711
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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