Bowles, Paul

UNWELCOME WORDS: SEVEN STORIES

Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou Books, 1988. First Edition. Item #5577

First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (20.25cm); pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-86,[6]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else a Fine, unread copy. "In these seven new stories Paul Bowles ranges widely in time, in form, and in geographic space - from Massachusetts to Morocco, from 1932 to the 1970s. Portraits and contemporary scenes mix conventional narration with experimental monologues, and the volume concludes with a tale presented as six letters written to a bitter, dying man" (from rear wrapper).

Price: $15.00