This text aims to put into a single volume the essence of Paul Bowles''s fiction and non-fiction. It includes a selection of his best short stories, extracts from all his novels, and chosen pieces from his travel writing.'

'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' Michael Hoffman.Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little...