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The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, Paul Bowles is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Sheltering Sky about?
Paperback, 368 pages Published 1949 Penguin Classics 2004 Modern Library 100 Best Novels (1900-1998) Introduction by: Paul Theroux, 2009 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.
Who reads The Sheltering Sky?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Paul Bowles, Paul Bowles
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 1949
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780241399156
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.91 / 5 (385 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Sheltering Sky (2019)
- The Sheltering Sky : with a Preface by the Author (2011)
- The Sheltering Sky : with a Preface by the Author (1977)
- Paul Bowles: The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House (LOA #134) (Library of America Paul Bowles Edition) (2012)
- Paul Bowles: The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House (LOA #134) (Library of America Paul Bowles Edition) (2002)
- The Sheltering Sky (1959)
- Un thé au Sahara (L'Imaginaire, 62) (1997)
- The Sheltering Sky (1977)
- El Cielo Protector (1990)
- Un thé au Sahara (L'Imaginaire, 62) (1991)
- The Sheltering Sky (2010)
- El Cielo Protector (2001)
- The Sheltering Sky (1990)
- Paul Bowles: The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House (LOA #134) (Library of America Paul Bowles Edition) (1977)
- Paul Bowles: The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House (LOA #134) (Library of America Paul Bowles Edition) (1952)
- The Sheltering Sky (1981)
- The Sheltering Sky : with a Preface by the Author (2005)
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