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Franzen's Favorite Fiction

He's on our list of great American writers, but we wanted to know: What are Jonathan Franzen's favorite books?
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The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles


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In this intensely fascinating story, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures.
A story about three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, The Sheltering Sky explores the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert.

Why Gwyneth Paltrow loves The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Published on October 15, 2010
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