2010, ISBN: 9780062004499

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), The 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 chilli… Mehr…

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), The 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 wrypossessing a symmetry between beauty and terror that is haunting and ultimately moral. In &quote;Pastor Dowe at Tecat,&quote; a Protestant missionary is sent to a faraway place where his God has no power. In &quote;Call at Corazn,&quote; an American husband abandons his alcoholic wife on their honeymoon in a South American jungle. In &quote;Allal,&quote; 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 &quote;The Delicate Prey,&quote; a grimly satisfying tale of vengeance, and &quote;A Distant Episode,&quote; which Tennessee Williams proclaimed &quote;a masterpiece.&quote; [PU: Harpercollins], Seiten: 688, Harpercollins, 2010<

ISBN: 9780062004499

“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 … Mehr…

“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 WolffAn 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. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Literary Fict, HarperCollins Publishers Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780062004499

The 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 … Mehr…

The 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 ul The 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 ul, HarperCollins e-books<

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The Stories of Paul Bowles ab 10.99 EURO Medien > Bücher, [PU: Harper & Row; Collins; HarperCollins]

2010, ISBN: 9780062004499

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: Harpercollins], Harpercollins, 2010