Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiv
6. Introduction: Paul Bowles as a Canonical Writer 1
7. 1: Paul Bowles on Intercultural Understanding: Too Far from Home 17
8. 2: The Discovery of Existence: Without Stopping 37
9. 3: Emersonian Shadows 57
10. 4: Culture and Existence in Bowles’ Short Fiction 69
11. 5: Gide and Bowles in North Africa: The Sheltering Sky 99
12. 6: Language, Noise, Silence: Self and Society in Let It Come Down 127
13. 7: The Spider’s House: The Social Construction of Reality 143
14. 8: Existence and Imagination: Up Above the World 167
15. 9: The Letters: In Touch 183
16. Conclusion 205
17. Bibliography 207
18. Index 213