Paul Bowles
Author | : Virginia Spencer Carr |
Publisher | : Peter Owen Publishers |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-13 | : 0720612543 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780720612547 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Download or read book Paul Bowles written by Virginia Spencer Carr and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Bowles-novelist, composer, expatriate, counter-cultural and gay icon-is one of the most compelling and mythologized figures of twentieth-century American culture.Acclaimed biographer Virginia Spencer Carr wrote Paul Bowles: A Life with the 'no strings attached' co-operation of Bowles himself. Through extensive interviews with some two hundred of Bowles's acquaintances and her own intimate relationship with him, she has gathered a wealth of information about Bowles's youth, his writing, his music, his marriage to Jane Bowles, and his sexual relationships. This compelling and erudite biography is the definitive account of an extraordinary life.