Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky
originally published:
London : John Lehmann
1949
We offered this copy of the true first, British edition, in an unrestored, first issue dustwrapper, in 2004.
awards:
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels(097)
- Time Magazine 100 Novels(1949)
reference info
bio notes:
born: 12/30/1910
died: 11/18/1999
born as: Paul Frederick Bowles
American-born composer, translator, and author of novels and short stories in which violent events and psychological collapse are recounted in a detached and elegant style. His protagonists are often Europeans or Americans who are maimed by their contact with powerful traditional cultures. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
