Let It Come Down
févr. 2019 · Penguin UK
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Let It Come Down, with its title from Macbeth, tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers as he gives in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence, Bowles's second novel is an alternately comic and horrific account of a descent into nihilism.
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Paul Bowles (Author)
Born in New York in 1910, Paul Bowles is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the twentieth century. He studied music with composer Aaron Copland before moving to Tangier, Morocco, with his wife, Jane. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was a bestseller in the 1950s and was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1990. Bowles's prolific career included many musical compositions, novels, collections of short stories, and books of travel, poetry, and translations.
Barnaby Rogerson (Introducer)
As well as running travel classics publisher Eland, Barnaby Rogerson has written A Traveller's History of North Africa (Weidenfeld, 1998), a biography: The Prophet Muhammad (Little, Brown, 2004) and an account of the early Caliphate, The Heirs of the Prophet (Little, Brown, 2006). He has also put together a collection of Moroccan travel literature, Marrakech, the Red City (Sickle Moon, 2003), a pocket edition of English Orientalist verse, Desert Air, and a collection of contemporary travel writing, Meetings with Remarkable Muslims (Eland 2005).
Born in New York in 1910, Paul Bowles is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the twentieth century. He studied music with composer Aaron Copland before moving to Tangier, Morocco, with his wife, Jane. His first novel, The Sheltering Sky, was a bestseller in the 1950s and was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1990. Bowles's prolific career included many musical compositions, novels, collections of short stories, and books of travel, poetry, and translations.
Barnaby Rogerson (Introducer)
As well as running travel classics publisher Eland, Barnaby Rogerson has written A Traveller's History of North Africa (Weidenfeld, 1998), a biography: The Prophet Muhammad (Little, Brown, 2004) and an account of the early Caliphate, The Heirs of the Prophet (Little, Brown, 2006). He has also put together a collection of Moroccan travel literature, Marrakech, the Red City (Sickle Moon, 2003), a pocket edition of English Orientalist verse, Desert Air, and a collection of contemporary travel writing, Meetings with Remarkable Muslims (Eland 2005).
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