Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-1993

ISBN: 006206763X

Author: Bowles, Paul

Condition: New

Bowles is at his best when writing about places. He can evoke a place with a few sure strokes.-New York TimesHis 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 Bowless early days in Paris to his time spent in Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya, and his expatriate life in Morocco. Insightful, exciting, and evocative, featuring original photographs throughout, 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.