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The Sheltering Sky

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
304 pp

Author
  
Paul Bowles

Adaptations
  
The Sheltering Sky (1990)

3.9/5
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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
1949

Originally published
  
1949

Publisher
  
John Lehmann

Genres
  
Fiction, Novel

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Media type
  
Print (hardback & paperback)

Similar
  
Works by Paul Bowles, Morocco books, Novels

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The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel of post-colonial alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles.

Contents

Plot introduction

The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner. The journey, initially an attempt by Port and Kit to resolve their marital difficulties, is quickly fraught by the travelers' ignorance of the dangers that surround them.

Reception

Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The Modern Library also included it on their 100 best of the century, ranked at number 97.

Dramatic adaptations

The novel was adapted by Bernardo Bertolucci into a 1990 film with the same title starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich, and with a screenplay by Mark Peploe. The movie is filmed in Morocco, Algeria, and Niger and features powerful landscapes.

References

The Sheltering Sky Wikipedia