Travels, Paul Bowles
Travels, Paul Bowles
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Travels

Author: Paul Bowles

Narrator: Raphael Corkhill, Mike Ortego, Tom Zahner

Unabridged: 17 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/13/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

“Bowles is at his best when writing about places. He can evoke a place with a few sure strokes.” —New York Times“His work is art. At his best, Bowles has no peer.” —TimeTravels is a thrilling anthology of the travel writings of Paul Bowles, author of the era-defining post-war novel The Sheltering Sky. The acclaimed essays in Travel—never before collected in a single volume—span more than sixty years and range from Bowles’s early days in Paris to his time spent in Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya, and his expatriate life in Morocco. Insightful, exciting, and evocative, Travels is a stunning collection of rarely seen shorter works—a showcase of the literary artistry of one of the truly great American writers of the twentieth century.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Paul Bowles

Paul 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: The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House, and Up Above the World. 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on November 20, 2024

Journeys With Paul Bowles After reading Paul Bowles' famous novel, "The Sheltering Sky", I read "Let it Come Down" and "The Spider's House", the two novels included with "The Sheltering Sky" in the Library of America compilation of Bowles' novels. I was interested in Bowles and thus turned to this vo......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on November 29, 2016

I can say that Paul Bowles is one of my favorite writers and now having read Travels: Collected Writings 1950-1993 (2010), I have finished reading all of his available writings. This collection is mostly made up of pieces that were, collected earlier in Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue......more

Goodreads review by Sorin on July 27, 2020

Paul Bowles has an eye for details and a way with words, that much is certain. In this sad age of travel restrictions, it provided me the best possible vehicle for unrestricted space and time travel. The journey was great.......more

Goodreads review by JulieK on October 03, 2012

I liked the travel writing, but I think enjoyed even more his observations of African countries during their anti-colonial period and how the political changes were shaping them. Favorite quote: "If I am faced with the decision of choosing between visiting a circus and a cathedral, a café and a publi......more

Goodreads review by Jimileek on August 05, 2016

A book to savor. At times dreamlike & contemplative, lovely with understated humor. (Much less judgmental than Paul Theroux whose writing I love but whose opinions I find abrasive and at times offensive.) Valuable for its mid-20th century descriptions of the destinations travel writers still visit a......more