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The Sheltering Sky
By
Paul Bowles
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
March 1, 1990
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679729792
ISBN-10
0679729798
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$13.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Three Americans drifting through postwar North Africa encounter the limits of human existence in the form of a land and a people utterly alien to them
Editions
Hardcover
from Ecco Pr (October 1, 2000)
9780060199166 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Three Americans drifting through post-war North Africa encounter the limits of human existence in the form of a land and a people utterly alien to them.
About: Three Americans drifting through post-war North Africa encounter the limits of human existence in the form of a land and a people utterly alien to them.
Paperback
65 anv edition from Ecco Pr (September 9, 2014)
9780062351487 | details & prices | 327 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $15.99
Reprint edition from Ecco Pr (September 1, 2005)
9780060834821 | details & prices | 313 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $14.99
About: A new edition the influential novel first published in 1949 follows three Americans as they endure the dangers of the North African desert, losing their smug superiority in the face of a strange and difficult world and their encounters with the limits of human existence and a people utterly alien to them.
About: A new edition the influential novel first published in 1949 follows three Americans as they endure the dangers of the North African desert, losing their smug superiority in the face of a strange and difficult world and their encounters with the limits of human existence and a people utterly alien to them.
from Ecco Pr (April 1, 1998)
9780880015820 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $14.00
About: A married couple and a male hanger-on whose lives reflect the sterility of modern existence travel to North Africa seeking and escaping from things unclear to themselves
About: A married couple and a male hanger-on whose lives reflect the sterility of modern existence travel to North Africa seeking and escaping from things unclear to themselves
The price comparison is for this edition
Reissue edition from Vintage Books (March 1, 1990)
9780679729792 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $13.00
About: Three Americans drifting through postwar North Africa encounter the limits of human existence in the form of a land and a people utterly alien to them
About: Three Americans drifting through postwar North Africa encounter the limits of human existence in the form of a land and a people utterly alien to them
from Natl Book Network (March 1, 1978)
9780912946436 | details & prices | 318 pages | List price $8.95
About: A married couple and a male hanger-on whose lives reflect the sterility of modern existence travel to North Africa seeking and escaping from things unclear to themselves
About: A married couple and a male hanger-on whose lives reflect the sterility of modern existence travel to North Africa seeking and escaping from things unclear to themselves
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