The Sheltering Sky
- Auteur: Paul Bowles (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman uit 1949
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classics
- Omvang: 368 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 9,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Paul Bowles The Sheltering Sky review en recensie
- “The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone.” (Michael Hoffman)
Flaptekst van de roman van Paul Bowles
Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria – uncertain of exactly where they are heading, but determined to leave the modern world behind. The results of this casually taken decision are both tragic and compelling.
Paul Bowles was born on 30 December 1910 in New York City. He is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the 
twentieth century. He studied music with composer Aaron Copland before moving to Tangier, Morocco, with his wife, Jane. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was a bestseller in the 1950s and was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1990. Bowles’s prolific career included many musical compositions, novels, collections of short stories, and books of travel, poetry, and translations. He died on 18 November 1999 in Tanger, Morocco at the age of 88 and was buried in Lakemont Cemetery, in Upstate New York.