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Collected Stories 1939-1976 by Paul Frederic Bowles
introduction by Gore Vidal
ISBN-13: 9780876853962
ISBN-10: 0876853963
Publication Date: 6/15/1979
Fourteenth printing
Publisher: Black Sparrow Books
Paperback
5.8 x 9 inches, 419 pages

Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier in the Interzone, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life.

Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making several trips to Paris in the 1930s. He studied music with Aaron Copland, and in New York wrote music for theatrical productions, as well as other compositions. He achieved critical and popular success with his first novel The Sheltering Sky (1949), set in French North Africa, which he had visited in 1931.

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Godine Publisher, David R. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 7. Softcover. Good. Paperback, Introduction by Gore Vidal, 8vo.; Cover partly browned; top corner slightly bumped.

Paperback. Very Good.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Black Sparrow Pr, 1979T. paperback. Good. 1.3000 in x 8.9000 in x 5.9000 in. Staining on back cover.

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Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1996. 417pp. Extremities lightly rubbed & soiled; front covers lightly bowed; remainder stripe bottom edge.. Paperback. VG-.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Presents stories of abandonment and vengeance, in which extreme situations lead to disturbing conclusions. A missionary is sent to a place so distant he finds his God has no power there; a husband abandons his wife as they honeymoon in

Black Sparrow Books, 1979. Trade Paperback. Good. Light shelfwear, spine is slightly cocked, else a Good copy with no markings to text.

Black Sparrow Books, 1979. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good condition with light wear to wraps; overall a clean, tight copy.

Black Sparrow Press, 1979 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 417 pages. Soiling on the edges and covers, extremities worn, light bend to several of the last pages and rear wrap on the top corners, sunned and chafed spine. Text clean except for a star in ink next to a story in the contents..

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1979. 417pp. Covers & edges soiled; owner name ffep. . Pb. G+.