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Author_Paul Bowles
catcher in the rye
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come back for me
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girl in
grief is the thing with feathers
how to own the world
jonathan coe
let it go
literary fiction
marie kondo
mindfulness a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world
mrs dalloway
never let me go
next to me
norwegian wood haruki murakami
patricia highsmith
paul theroux
ray bradbury
short stories
the couple next door
the girl with all the gifts
the miniaturist
the road back to you
the sell out
we were
we will never let you down
Product details
- ISBN 9780141191355
- Weight: 462g
- Dimensions: 131 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 03 Dec 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In these hauntingly beautiful stories of abandonment and vengeance, extreme situations lead to disturbing conclusions. A missionary is sent to a place so distant he finds his God has no power there; a husband abandons his wife as they honeymoon in the South American jungle; a splash of water triggers an explosion of violence; and a boy's drug-induced transformation leads to cruelty enjoyed and suffered.
Masterfully written, these are chilling tales from sun-drenched and brutal climes.
Born in New York in 1910, Paul Bowles 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. His other novels were The Spider's Nest, Up Above The World and Let It Come Down.
