{"product_id":"the-sheltering-sky-9780062351487","title":"The Sheltering Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eA landmark of twentieth-century literature. Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, \u003cem\u003eThe Sheltering Sky\u003c\/em\u003e explores the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \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":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608482910482,"sku":"9780062351487","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2f12d52-0523-4620-adfc-dd7cb3d9f9ef.jpg?v=1732321964","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sheltering-sky-9780062351487","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}