{"product_id":"the-stories-of-paul-bowles-paperback","title":"The Stories of Paul Bowles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Bowles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bowles's tales are at once austere, witty, violent, and sensuous. They move with the inevitability of myth. His language has a purity of line, a poise and authority entirley its own.\" --Tobias Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn American cult figure, Paul Bowles has fascinated such disparate talents as Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, William S. Burroughs, Gore Vidal, and Tobias Wolff. From \"The Delicate Prey\" to \"Too Far from Home,\" this definitive collection celebrates the Bowles's masterful artistry in short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe short fiction of American literary cult figure Paul Bowles is marked by a unique, delicately spare style, and a dark, rich, exotic mood, by turns chilling, ironic, and wry--possessing a symmetry between beauty and terror that is haunting and ultimately moral. In \"Pastor Dowe at Tecaté,\" a Protestant missionary is sent to a faraway place where his God has no power. In \"Call at Corazón,\" an American husband abandons his alcoholic wife on their honeymoon in a South American jungle. In \"Allal,\" a boy's drug-induced metamorphosis into a deadly serpent leads to his violent death. Here also are some of Bowles's most famous works, including \"The Delicate Prey,\" a grimly satisfying tale of vengeance, and \"A Distant Episode,\" which Tennessee Williams proclaimed \"a masterpiece.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.36 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454873387186,"sku":"9780061137044","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/908c3e74ddc7643af6c8d87c66b72318_1f325ee3-d96c-43f4-85c2-40d2b9ae3889.webp?v=1778861939","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-stories-of-paul-bowles-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}