false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491047m/12049.jpg 12049 10 <p> Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, <i>The Spider's House</i> is perhaps Paul Bowles's most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures&#8212;recurrent themes of Paul Bowles's writings&#8212;<i>The Spider's House</i> is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere. </p> 1987261 1982 Spider's House: A Novel total:196|5:69|4:90|3:30|2:4|1:3| 196 806 290 20 4 1 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 09 16:33:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 20:10:26 -0700 2008 This book was written circa 1956-58 by Paul Bowles, an American author who spent most of his adult life living in Morocco. The book, unsurpri...more...]]> 3 1 true false Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 07:06:03 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 07:12:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 09:49:38 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 10:02:14 -0800 2008



While I found the writing in The Spider's House to be some of Bowles's very best, two main (and somewhat related) problems kept me from giving this more than an average rating.

It was the narrative shifts that I fou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:45:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:52:06 -0700 2009 Spider's House, Paul Bowles leaves behind the moral lessons of meddling American's and decides to focus, truly, on the events of Morocco. Set during their revolution against the French, the story follows two strands, that of an illiterate but intelligent native boy and that of an American noveli...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 27 21:56:15 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 21:12:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Feb 01 10:39:01 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 10:39:56 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 31 18:39:41 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 10:52:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 18:39:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 30 21:21:23 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 21:29:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 14:41:18 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 22:45:32 -0800 2009 2 0 false true Thu Jun 04 19:25:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 11 12:59:49 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 04 19:25:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 22 12:19:37 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 12:02:15 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 20:05:51 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 12:33:06 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:50:08 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 12:39:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 06 10:52:39 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 07:27:20 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 10:52:39 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 13 08:55:35 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 08:57:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Sep 05 18:37:54 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 21:03:23 -0700 2007 ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 08 13:50:25 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 13:30:43 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Oct 06 09:37:42 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 13:01:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 09:37:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jun 10 18:39:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 18:42:04 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 10 18:00:18 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 18:00:57 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12049