When The Sheltering Sky was first published in 1949, it established Paul Bowles as one of the most singular and promising writers of the postwar generation. Its startlingly original vision has withstood the test of time and confirmed Tennessee Williams's early estimation: " The Sheltering Sky alone of the books that I have . . . read by American authors appears to b...
When The Sheltering Sky was first published in 1949, it established Paul Bowles as one of the most singular and promising writers of the postwar generation. Its startlingly original vision has withstood the test of time and confirmed Tennessee Williams's early estimation: " The Sheltering Sky alone of the books that I have . . . read by American authors appears to bear the spiritual imprint of recent history in the western world." In this classic work of psychological terror, Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three worldly young travelers Port Moresby, his wife, Kit, and their friend, Tunner--adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, The Sheltering Sky is merciless in its evocation of the emotional dislocation induced by a foreign setting. As the Americans embark on an ill-fated journey through desolate terrain, they are pushed to the limits of human reason and intelligence by the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert. Along the way, they encounter a host of enigmatic characters whose inarticulate strangeness seals the travelers off even more completely from the culture in which they are traveling, causing their fierce attachments to one another to unravel. This special fiftieth anniversary commemorative edition of Bowles's unforgettable first novel includes the original New York Times review by Tennessee Williams and a preface the author wrote for his first novel before he died in 1999. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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0 有用 苏呜呜 2024-01-12 10:03:32 美国
有几处动人 但总的来说不是一本好书
1 有用 #蔚伊斯# 2019-11-25 22:03:32
在西安大清真寺里和Nathan聊起摩洛哥和六七十年代新穆斯林潮，给我推荐了这本书，说这个作者"super disturbing"。读完了果真如此。美国垮掉一代来摩洛哥寻找所谓精神寄托，却没想到不过是故事中要在撒哈拉煮茶的女人——水干涸，而壶中填满沙子。在Port死掉后一切都在急转直下，亲眼看到Kit的精神在所谓精神之旅中被折磨到没有人样。
0 有用 哦买噶 2019-11-04 20:54:07
非常有意思 很多哲学思考 适合重读 文笔很棒
0 有用 Batata 2021-02-10 03:46:05
语言很美，描绘的都是第一世界烦恼
0 有用 Absolute ZoeY 2023-05-30 20:38:37 上海
大概是教授去世之后开始念的，断断续续看了快两个月。Kit和Port真得是有够疯。
0 有用 Jacky 2024-09-20 12:34:18 广东
撒哈拉沙漠，北非的地域和文化吞噬了这对美国夫妇，Porter直染上伤寒，命丧于此；妻子Kit在和他的尸体共处一室后，收拾行李走向撒哈拉沙漠，被驼队收纳后成了阿拉伯商人的妾，沉迷于随波逐流的性爱中，直到逃出。可是被使馆拯救后的她还是处于一种呆滞的生活状态，在被送到酒店门口后再度消失于北非的街道中。经历这一切后的Kit我不知道她是否还能回归正常，对于她来说已经没有正常了。
0 有用 苏呜呜 2024-01-12 10:03:32 美国
有几处动人 但总的来说不是一本好书
0 有用 Absolute ZoeY 2023-05-30 20:38:37 上海
大概是教授去世之后开始念的，断断续续看了快两个月。Kit和Port真得是有够疯。
0 有用 试图戒熬夜的Y 2023-05-13 21:21:51 河北
“Before I was twenty, I mean, I used to think that life was a thing that kept gaining impetus, it would get richer and deeper each year. You kept learning more, getting wiser, having more insight, goi... “Before I was twenty, I mean, I used to think that life was a thing that kept gaining impetus, it would get richer and deeper each year. You kept learning more, getting wiser, having more insight, going further into the truth.” (展开)
0 有用 billiex 2023-05-12 10:20:03 广东
在第一部开头的奇妙一夜经历之后略显沉闷 Port濒死那部分的一些思考非常触动 而整个故事进入高潮是在第三部 absolutely shattering 以及非常意味深长的结尾 看完又找来中文版的结尾看了一遍 这翻译、、我要看的是中文版评分大概会是两颗星