The Stories of Paul Bowles
(Sprache: Englisch)
The short fiction of American literary cult figure Paul Bowles is marked by a unique, delicately spare style, and a dark, rich, exotic mood, by turns chilling, ironic, and wry- possessing a symmetry between beauty and terror that is haunting and ultimately...
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The short fiction of American literary cult figure Paul Bowles is marked by a unique, delicately spare style, and a dark, rich, exotic mood, by turns chilling, ironic, and wry- possessing a symmetry between beauty and terror that is haunting and ultimately moral. In "Pastor Dowe at Tecaté," a Protestant missionary is sent to a faraway place where his God has no power. In "Call at Corazón," an American husband abandons his alcoholic wife on their honeymoon in a South American jungle. In "Allal," a boy's drug-induced metamorphosis into a deadly serpent leads to his violent death. Here also are some of Bowles's most famous works, including "The Delicate Prey," a grimly satisfying tale of vengeance, and "A Distant Episode," which Tennessee Williams proclaimed "a masterpiece.
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The short fiction of American literary cult figure Paul Bowles is marked by a unique, delicately spare style, and a dark, rich, exotic mood, by turns chilling, ironic, and wry-possessing a symmetry between beauty and terror that is haunting and ultimately moral. In "Pastor Dowe at Tecaté," a Protestant missionary is sent to a faraway place where his God has no power. In "Call at Corazón," an American husband abandons his alcoholic wife on their honeymoon in a South American jungle. In "Allal," a boy's drug-induced metamorphosis into a deadly serpent leads to his violent death. Here also are some of Bowles's most famous works, including "The Delicate Prey," a grimly satisfying tale of vengeance, and "A Distant Episode," which Tennessee Williams proclaimed "a masterpiece."
Autoren-Porträt von Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles, der rastlose 'Aussteiger' und eine Ikone der 'Lost Generation', wurde am 30. 12. 1910 als Sohn eines Zahnarztes in Jamaica im New Yorker Stadtteil Queens geboren. Er, der schon in jungen Jahren bei einem Parisaufenthalt Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau und Andre Gide begegnet war, studierte in Berlin und New York Musik (u.a. bei Aaron Copeland) und schrieb Bühnenmusiken für Orson Welles, William Saroyan und Tennessee Williams, bevor er in den vierziger Jahren als Autor und Übersetzer weltberühmt wurde. 1947 ließ sich Bowles, den zahlreiche Reisen immer wieder nach Lateinamerika, Asien und vor allem Nordafrika geführt hatten, mit seiner Frau Jane in Tanger nieder, wo er bis zu seinem Tod im November 1999 lebte.
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- Autor: Paul Bowles
- 2006, 688 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Perennial
- ISBN-10: 0061137049
- ISBN-13: 9780061137044
Sprache:
Englisch
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