Synopsis: This collection of travel essays by the author of The Sheltering Sky explores lesser-known places around the world, untouched by modern civilization. Bowles offers a sympathetic and discerning perspective on these cultures, keenly noticing both their peculiarities and wisdom. He is a remarkable traveler who embraces the challenges of exploration with resourcefulness, insight, and humor.

Synopsis: This collection showcases the masterful artistry of Paul Bowles in short fiction, featuring tales that are austere, witty, violent, and sensuous. Bowles's language exhibits a unique purity and authority, echoing the inevitability of myth.

Synopsis: In this insightful book, Bowles explores Morocco through a series of short vignettes that capture the country's culture, landscapes, and the essence of its people. He takes the reader on a journey through Moroccan history, creating vivid images of its traditions and beliefs.

Synopsis: Set in Fez, Morocco during the 1954 nationalist uprising, *The Spider’s House* explores the outsider's dilemma in an alien society and the cultural gaps that lead to misunderstanding. With rich descriptions of its setting and uncompromising characterizations, the novel addresses themes relevant to contemporary political situations in the Middle East.

Synopsis: In *Let It Come Down*, Paul Bowles follows Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who relocates to Tangier seeking a new life. As he immerses himself in the city's corruption and decadence during the final days of the International Zone before Moroccan independence, Dyar succumbs to his darkest impulses, creating a narrative that is both comic and horrific in its exploration of nihilism.

Synopsis: Between 1987 and 1989, Paul Bowles kept a journal to document his daily life at the suggestion of a friend. This collection reveals not only his daily meals, conversations, and health concerns but also offers an intriguing glimpse into the creative process of an artist exploring a new medium. With a blend of informal yet insightful prose, Bowles captures various experiences, from observing an itinerant spider to witnessing a violent incident in a Tangier marketplace, and the extravagance of Malcolm Forbes's seventieth birthday party. "Days" provides a candid portrait of Bowles's life in late twentieth-century Tangier.