Peter Owen Modern Classic
5 total works
Set in Morocco, Thailand and Sri Lanka, these stories reverberate with vision, and, like Bowles'' novels, they are universal in their appeal.'
Morocco has provided the backdrop to some of Paul Bowles'' most acclaimed novels, including The Sheltering Sky. Their Heads are Green offers an account of Bowles'' life and experiences in Morocco.'
Dr Slade and his wife are on holiday in Latin America when they meet Grove and his mistress. An apparently chance encounter, it opens the door to a nightmare as the Slades are lured on a trip where the only guides are fantasy, hallucination and death.'
This text aims to put into a single volume the essence of Paul Bowles''s fiction and non-fiction. It includes a selection of his best short stories, extracts from all his novels, and chosen pieces from his travel writing.'