{"product_id":"the-sheltering-sky-isbn-9780062351487","title":"The Sheltering Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Sheltering Sky \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most original, even visionary, works of fiction to appear in the twentieth century.” —Tobias Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It stands head and shoulders above most other novels published in English since World War II.” —\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this existential classic of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend other cultures—and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, \u003ci\u003eThe Sheltering Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is at once merciless and heartbreaking in its compassion. It etches the limits of human reason and intelligence—perhaps even the limits of human life —when they touch the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the Sahara desert.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sheltering Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark of twentieth-century literature. In this intensely fascinating story, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, \u003cem\u003eThe Sheltering Sky\u003c\/em\u003e explores the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“It stands head and shoulders above most other novels published in English since World War II.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His art far exceeds that of . . . the great American writers of our day. . . . Bowles has glimpsed what lies in back of our sheltering sky . . . an endless flux of stars so like those atoms which make us up that we experience not only horror but liekeness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGore Vidal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Now and then, perhaps once in five or six years, a novel appears which does not repeat the pattern of commonplace existence . . . but makes us realize that our life is extraordinary. The Sheltering Sky is such a novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwin Muir, Sunday Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most original, even visionary, works of fiction to appear in the 20th century.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTobias Wolff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888256348389,"sku":"NP9780062351487","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062351487.jpg?v=1730228642","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sheltering-sky-isbn-9780062351487","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}