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An edition of The Sheltering Sky (1948)

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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 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 desert."--BOOK JACKET.

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Ecco Press, Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
318

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Subjects

Americans, Couples, Fiction, Marital conflict, Social life and customs, Travel, Voyages and travels, Morocco -- Social life and customs -- Fiction, Romance fiction, Morocco, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, romance, general, Marriage, Description and travel, American Authors, Fiction, general, Mariage, Romans, nouvelles, Descriptions et voyages

Places

Morocco, North Africa, The Sahara Desert

Times

1940's
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The Sheltering Sky
Jul 22, 2014, Brilliance Audio
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The Sheltering Sky
Jul 22, 2014, Brilliance Audio
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El Cielo Protector/ Sheltering Sky
May 30, 2007, Editorial Seix Barral
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Sheltering Sky
January 26, 2006, Penguin
in English
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The Sheltering Sky (P.S.)
September 20, 2005, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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The Sheltering Sky (P.S.)
September 20, 2005, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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The Sheltering Sky
January 29, 2004, Penguin Books Ltd
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The sheltering sky: Let it come down ; The spider's house
2002, Library of America, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam
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The sheltering sky
2000, Ecco Press
in English - 1st ed.
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The sheltering sky
2000, Penguin
in English
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The Sheltering Sky
August 1996, HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover in Spanish - New edition
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Himmel über der Wüste: Roman
1994, Goldmann Verlag
Taschenbuch in German - Sonderausgabe 1994
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The sheltering sky
1993, Flamingo
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El cielo protector
1992, Alfaguara
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El cielo protector
1990, Alfaguara, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
in Spanish - 1a ed. en la colección Fin de siglo.
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The sheltering sky
1990, Vintage Books
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Il Tè nel deserto
1989, Garzanti
Hardcover
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Himmel über der Wüste: Roman
1986-08, Rowohlt
Taschenbuch in German
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The sheltering sky
1983, Granada
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The sheltering sky
1981, Owen
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The sheltering sky
1978, Ecco Press
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The sheltering sky
1977, Ecco Press, Harper Perennial
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The sheltering sky
1969, Penguin
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The sheltering sky
1968, New Directions
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The sheltering sky
1949, New Directions
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The sheltering sky.
1949, New Directions
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The sheltering sky
1948, New Directions
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The sheltering sky
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Published in
Hopewell, NJ

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3552, PS3552.O874 S5 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
318 p. ;
Number of pages
318

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22478683M
Internet Archive
shelteringsky00bowl_0
ISBN 10
0880015829
OCLC/WorldCat
39145779, 38962030, 39834144
Library Thing
70629
Goodreads
1104411

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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.

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