The Spider's House

Paul Bowles

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Penguin
08 January 2010

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Paul Bowles's masterpiece explores the dangerous space between cultures, through the attempt of one young man to find his place in a fragmenting society

Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham reluctantly accepts a guide for his night-time walk home through the streets of the Medina. A nationalist uprising is transforming the country, much to the annoyance of Stenham, who enjoys the trappings of the old city. His path soon crosses with the young, illiterate son of a healer, another outsider to the newly politicised life of Morocco, in this brutally honest novel of life in the midst of terrorism, violence and the ugly opportunism that accompanies both.

Bowles's most masterly novel combines his classic themes- the conflict of Eastern and Western cultures and the trials of otherness.

By: Paul Bowles
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9780141191362
ISBN 10: 0141191368
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 08 January 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in New York in 1910, Paul Bowles is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the twentieth century. He studied music with composer Aaron Copland before moving to Tangier, Morocco, with his wife, Jane. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was a bestseller in the 1950s and was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1990. Bowles's prolific career included many musical compositions, novels, collections of short stories, and books of travel, poetry, and translations. His novels include The Spider's Nest, Up Above The World, and Let It Come Down.

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