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Raphael Corkhill
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Mike Ortego
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Tom Zahner
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Paul Bowles
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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. 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.
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Too Far from Home
- De: Paul Bowles
- Narrado por: Tom Zahner, Raphael Corkhill, Mike Ortego, y otros
- Duración: 24 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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A striking collection of stories, poems, letters, travel essays, journal entries, excerpts from three novels, and more—including the complete text of The Sheltering Sky—from one of the most revered authors of the twentieth century.
De: Paul Bowles
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Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue
- De: Paul Bowles
- Narrado por: Raphael Corkhill, Mike Ortego, Tom Zahner
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Their Heads are Green, Their Hands are Blue deals largely with places in the world that few Westerners have ever heard of, much less seen—places as yet unencumbered by the trappings, luxuries, and corruptions of modern civilization. Bowles is a sympathetic and discerning observer of these alien cultures, and his eyes and ears are especially alert both to what is bizarre and what is wise in the civilizations in which he settles.
De: Paul Bowles
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Let It Come Down
- A Novel
- De: Paul Bowles
- Narrado por: Tom Zahner, Raphael Corkhill
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 7
In Let It Come Down, Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence, Bowles's second novel is an alternately comic and horrific account of a descent into nihilism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very much enjoyed - NOT for everyone.
- De JAKE en 07-05-24
De: Paul Bowles