Stories
“Stories” by Paul Bowles, published by Penguin in 2000, is a collection of dark and unsettling narratives that explore themes of isolation and the human condition. This edition spans 300 pages and is presented in English. The stories delve into extreme situations, featuring characters who navigate bizarre and often violent circumstances, such as an old woman living in a cave and a young girl with a peculiar memory.
Readers will encounter a range of unsettling scenarios that lead to logical yet disturbing conclusions. Bowles crafts a world where the characters’ experiences are marked by tension and eeriness, reflecting the complexities of life. This collection is categorized under literature and fiction, with elements of classics and contemporary storytelling woven throughout.
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James Lasdun in his introduction calls Paul Bowles ‘One of the great outsiders of our time’, and isolation is a major theme in these dark and often unsettling stories. An old woman lives in a cave untroubled by the scorpions that crawl over its walls. A splash of water triggers an explosion of violence. A young girl ‘remembers’ things back to front. The concluding story is presented as six letters written to a bitter, dying man. In the stories that make up this dazzling collection, Bowles creates a world in which the extreme situations the characters find themselves in move relentlessly towards their logical yet disturbing conclusions. ‘[His stories] are eerie and alluring, like night in the desert.’ Sunday Times
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