{"product_id":"a-distant-episode-the-selected-stories-9780061137389","title":"A Distant Episode: The Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Distant Episode\u003c\/em\u003e contains the best of Paul Bowles's short stories, as selected by the author. An American cult figure, Bowles has fascinated such disparate talents as Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, William S. Burroughs, Gore Vidal, and Jay McInerney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBowles, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul Bowles was born in 1910 and studied music with composer Aaron Copland before moving to Tangier, Morocco. A devastatingly imaginative observer of the West's encounter with the East, he is the author of four highly acclaimed novels: \u003cem\u003eThe Sheltering Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLet It Come Down\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spider's House\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUp Above the World\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition to being one of the most powerful postwar American novelists, Bowles was an acclaimed composer, a travel writer, a poet, a translator, and a short story writer. He died in Morocco in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409436610834,"sku":"9780061137389","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c701d484-47fd-4e66-8019-4bbfc519def9.jpg?v=1729287415","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-distant-episode-the-selected-stories-9780061137389","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}