Paul Bowles's classic collection of short stories All the tales are a variety of detective story, wrote Bowles of this, his first short story collection, in which the reader is the detective; the mystery is in the motivation for the charcters' behavior. In such stories as A Distant Episode and How Many Midnights, Bowles pushes human character beyond socially defined limits and maps a transformed (often horribly transformed) reality. Bowles captures the duality of human frailty and cruelty in these seventeen taut and ...
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Paul Bowles's classic collection of short stories All the tales are a variety of detective story, wrote Bowles of this, his first short story collection, in which the reader is the detective; the mystery is in the motivation for the charcters' behavior. In such stories as A Distant Episode and How Many Midnights, Bowles pushes human character beyond socially defined limits and maps a transformed (often horribly transformed) reality. Bowles captures the duality of human frailty and cruelty in these seventeen taut and atmospheric tales, written between 1939 and 1949. Brutal and gorgeous, visceral yet profound, this timeless collection is one of the most profound, beautifully wrought, and haunting collections in our literature. . . at once austere, witty, violent, and sensuous. . . . His language has a purity of line, a poise and authority entirely its own, capable of instantly modulating from farce to horror without a ruffle (Tobias Wolff).
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First edition, first printing, 307 pp., Hardcover, lacks the jacket, else very good. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Stated first printing, 1950. Red cloth illustrated boards, no jacket. Light scuffing to edges, top-right corner slightly bumped. Spine cracked, but all pages intact. A bit of scuffing and yellowing to outer page edges. Text clean and unmarked. Good copy overall.
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