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The Sheltering Sky (P.S.)
by Paul Bowles

The Sheltering Sky (P.S.)
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Author: Paul Bowles
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-20
ISBN: 006083482X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Ecco

Book Reviews of The Sheltering Sky (P.S.)

Book Review: A contrarian view
Summary: 2 Stars

I'm really wondering if I read the same book as everyone else here. I found the story ridiculous and the characters way too shallow to have the "deep thoughts" Bowles tries to cram into their heads. While it's clear Kit, Port and Tunner don't understand or much appreciate the native culture, the book really doesn't show how they impact it. We see it slightly through the ancillary characters but not with any great insight. We have no idea why Kit and Port have become estranged, but if they're too stupid to even think it through very clearly how is it they're going to analyze the meaning of life in the desert? Frankly, it's hard to really care about them at all. The blurbs and reviews paint the Lyles as some threatening presence that hangs over the story -- they're con artists who drop in and out of the book and are far less threatening than any of the various diseases our heroes decide to ignore. Even considering the post-WWII context, the story stumbles along in a way that is so totally unrealistic that the reader is wondering just what the point is. In the end, Port is dead, Kit appears to have become a nymphomaniac, and the sheltering sky continues to beat down on the timeless sands.

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