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Publication date 1949 topics americans publisher new york new directions. It etches the limits of human reason and intelligenceperhaps even the limits of human life when they touch the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of. The sheltering sky by paul bowles book one tea in the sahara book two the earths sharp edge book three the sky book one tea in the sahara each mans destiny is personal only insofar as it may happen to resemble. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 342 pages and is available in paperback format. The sheltering sky 2 hours and 18 minutes movie 1990 the american artist couple port and kit moresby travels aimless through africa, searching for new experiences that could give new sense to their relationship. An allegory of man and his sahara the new york times. Paul bowles classic novel of the sahara, the sheltering sky, is perhaps the closest to perfect a book can attain. Publication date 1998 topics americans travel morocco fiction. In 1947 bowles settled in tangier, at that time in the tangier international zone, and his wife jane bowles followed in 1948.