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A Distant Episode: The Selected Stories
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Ecco Pr
Publication date February 1, 1996
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780880015011
ISBN-10 0880015012
Dimensions 1.25 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight 1.30 lbs.
Original list price $17.00
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Two dozen stories set in Algeria, include works from each period in the author's career
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A Distant Episode conatins the best of Paul Bowle's short fiction, selected by the author. An American cult figure, Bowles has fascinated such disparate talents as Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, William S. Burroughs, Gore Vidal, and Jay McInerney. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was a best-seller in the 1950s and was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1990.

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Book cover for 9780061137389 Book cover for 9780880015011
 
from Perennial (June 1, 2006)
9780061137389 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $14.99
About: A Distant Episode contains the best of Paul Bowles's short stories, as selected by the author.
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Reprint edition from Ecco Pr (February 1, 1996)
9780880015011 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Two dozen stories set in Algeria, include works from each period in the author's career

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