“His work is art. At his best, Bowles has no peer.”—Time
Travels is a thrilling anthology of the travel writings of Paul Bowles, author of the era-defining post-war novel The Sheltering Sky. The acclaimed essays in Travel—never before collected in a single volume—span more than sixty years and range from Bowles’s early days in Paris to his time spent in Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya, and his expatriate life in Morocco. Insightful, exciting, and evocative, featuring original photographs throughout, Travels is a stunning collection of rarely seen shorter works—a showcase of the literary artistry of one of the truly great American writers of the twentieth century.
“His work is art. At his best, Bowles has no peer.”—Time
Travels is a thrilling anthology of the travel writings of Paul Bowles, author of the era-defining post-war novel The Sheltering Sky. The acclaimed essays in Travel—never before collected in a single volume—span more than sixty years and range from Bowles’s early days in Paris to his time spent in Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya, and his expatriate life in Morocco. Insightful, exciting, and evocative, featuring original photographs throughout, Travels is a stunning collection of rarely seen shorter works—a showcase of the literary artistry of one of the truly great American writers of the twentieth century.
Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780062067630 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 08/23/2011 |
Edition description: | Original |
Pages: | 512 |
Sales rank: | 996,731 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.28(d) |