Bowles is at his best when writing about places. He can evoke a place with a few sure strokes.
New York Times
His work is art. At his best, Bowles has no peer.
Time
Travels is a thrilling anthology of the travel writings of Paul Bowles, author of the era-defining post-war novel The Sheltering Sky. The acclaimed essays in Travel never before collected in a single volume span more than sixty years and range from Bowles s early days in Paris to his time spent in Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya, and his expatriate life in Morocco. Insightful, exciting, and evocative, featuring original photographs throughout, Travels is a stunning collection of rarely seen shorter works a showcase of the literary artistry of one of the truly great American writers of the twentieth century.