The Sheltering Sky Summary
Paul Bowles

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The Sheltering Sky Summary

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles is a story of innocents abroad in an unfamiliar land. It follows three American travelers as they move farther from "civilization" in post-war Africa. They find themselves cut off from the certainties of home and are all but destroyed by what they experience.

Port and Kit Moresby and George Tunner have just arrived in Oran, Algeria. Port prides himself on his commitment to his nomadic...

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