Paul Bowles

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Paul Bowles 2016-05-30 03:25:29 Post No. 8099766
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Paul Bowles Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:25:29 Post No. 8099766 [Report]

Anybody else absolutely love this guy? Everything he writes is virtually flawless. His characters are always hyper-realistic, his prose is always just enough, and you always feel a little uncomfortable when reading anything he's written. He just had this perfect sense of the human psyche.

I think my favorite work of his is Next to Nothing. How about you, /lit/ friends? Any thoughts on the man, his novels, or his poetry?

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Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:32:15 Post No.8099787
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Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:32:15 Post No.8099787 [Report]

nope. not me.

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Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:46:56 Post No.8099819
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Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:46:56 Post No.8099819 [Report]

>>8099766
Yes, a favorite of mine. Exceptional writer.

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Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:49:56 Post No.8099833
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Anonymous 2016-05-30 03:49:56 Post No.8099833 [Report]

>>8099766
I've never read anything by him but physically he always looked like a deformed Faulkner to me.

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Anonymous 2016-05-30 04:29:50 Post No.8099910
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Anonymous 2016-05-30 04:29:50 Post No.8099910 [Report]

I have Sheltering Sky near the top of one of my to-read piles, is he that good?

I also have his wife's book, Two Serious Ladies, it actually sounds more interesting, but it has one of the ugliest covers I've ever seen, so I haven't been able to start it.

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Anonymous 2016-05-30 04:39:32 Post No.8099930
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Anonymous 2016-05-30 04:39:32 Post No.8099930 [Report]

>>8099910
>is he that good?
yes, but it might be a radical departure from anything you're used to
never read anything by his wife, never felt the need