{"product_id":"the-stories-of-paul-bowles-0061137049","title":"The Stories of Paul Bowles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0061137049\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paul Bowles\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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51596537757984,"sku":"NEW0061137049","price":23.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":51596537790752,"sku":"USED0061137049","price":14.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/content_d200a5fb-16d0-4319-9c4e-cab781bfac6a.jpg?v=1778330598","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-stories-of-paul-bowles-0061137049","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}