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The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
1949304 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ Modern Library 100 Best Novels (editors' list, 1998), No. 97
A married couple and their friend travel into the North African desert
Port Moresby and his wife Kit are a married couple from New York. They travel to the North African desert with their friend Tunner, hoping the journey will help resolve their marriage's problems. The trip quickly becomes dangerous because the travelers do not understand the risks around them. John Lehmann published it in 1949.
More about this book
Who
Port Moresby, his wife Kit and their friend Tunner.
World
The North African desert.
What makes it different
Bernardo Bertolucci adapted it as a 1990 film shot in Morocco, Algeria and Niger.
Feel
Hot, dreamlike and ominous.
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Further reading
- The Sheltering SkyWikipedia