Travels
Collected Writings, 1950-1993
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 23, 2011
“Bowles is at his best when writing about places.
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- Who it’s for
- Paul Bowles’s travel writing moves across decades and continents in vivid, economical essays.
- Themes
- Travel essays, Travel across multiple countries
- Genres
- Travel Writing, Morocco Travel, Essay Collections
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“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.” —Time Travels is a thrilling anthology of the travel writings of Paul Bowles, author of the era-defining post-war novel The Sheltering Sky.
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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, 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.
Places in Prose
Paul Bowles’s travel writing moves across decades and continents in vivid, economical essays.
Come here for
- Literary glimpses of Paris, Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya, and Morocco
- A wide-ranging collection spanning more than sixty years
Expect
- Evocative short works rather than one sustained travel narrative
- Original photographs throughout
Where it sits
| Travel Writing | 75% |
|---|---|
| Morocco Travel | 58% |
| Essay Collections | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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- Personal Memoirs
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- Historical Geography
- American Literary Collections
- Essay Collections
- Travel
- Authors
- Paul Bowles
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 23, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Travel essays · Travel across multiple countries
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs