Stories of Paul Bowles

<p>Bowles's tales are at once austere witty violent and sensuous. They move with the inevitability of myth. His language has a purity of line a poise and authority entirley its own. --Tobias Wolff</p><p>An American cult figure Paul Bowles has fascinated such disparate talents as Norman Mailer Allen Ginsberg Truman Capote William S. Burroughs Gore Vidal and Tobias Wolff. From The Delicate Prey to Too Far from Home this definitive collection celebrates the Bowles's masterful artistry in short fiction.</p>