# The Sheltering Sky

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- Book: [The Sheltering Sky](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bowles/the-sheltering-sky) ([The Sheltering Sky.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bowles/the-sheltering-sky.md))
- Authors: [Paul Bowles](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bowles)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4139-915-6
- Published: 2019-02-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' Michael Hoffman. Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria - uncertain of exactly where they are heading, but determined to leave the modern world behind. The results of this casually taken decision are both tragic and compelling.