The Sheltering Sky

By Paul Bowles

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles, an American writer and composer who lived for decades in Tangier. It was adapted into a 1990 film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple from New York, travel into the North African desert with their friend Tunner after World War II, hoping to repair their drifting marriage. As they move deeper into the Sahara, illness, isolation, and the vast landscape lead them toward disaster and loss of self.

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