false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491045m/12046.jpg 12046 3 <p> 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&#8212;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." </p> 14397 2001 The Stories of Paul Bowles total:204|5:97|4:84|3:20|2:2|1:1| 204 886 296 24 4 1 false false Mon Aug 06 06:05:43 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 06:13:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 12:52:07 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:50:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 30 07:38:11 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 07:49:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Oct 29 10:35:34 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 10:54:35 -0700 2008 several more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 06:57:50 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 09:02:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 12 16:47:23 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:53:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 20:53:56 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 20:54:32 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:07:04 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:07:46 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 18 13:58:08 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 16:05:18 -0700 2007
As a writer, Bowles uses setting and circumstance to unse...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 15 13:58:47 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 14:01:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 23 12:11:37 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 15:22:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 26 12:22:55 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 12:24:38 -0700 2007
read a nice paragraph that bowles wrote and have been wanting to read more of his writing ever since.

"in a Western country, if a whole segment of the population desires, for reasons of protest, to isolate itself in a radical fashion from the society around it, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Sun Feb 24 13:53:24 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 05:22:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 15:21:44 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 15:24:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 27 07:06:20 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 07:53:42 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 07:54:36 -0800 2007
Cause I do.

Anyway, I just re-read Delicate Prey and A Distant Episode and had some serious nightmares.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 15 12:15:16 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 12:16:36 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Apr 02 14:47:12 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 16:21:13 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 07:15:09 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 19 13:15:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 17:29:31 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 17:30:20 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Dec 18 08:13:33 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 08:14:17 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12046