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Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, The Spider's House is perhaps Paul Bowles's most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures—recurrent themes of Paul Bowles's writings—The Spider's House is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situa... (show more)
Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, The Spider's House is perhaps Paul Bowles's most beautifully subtle novel, richly descriptive of its setting and uncompromising in its characterizations. Exploring once again the dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures—recurrent themes of Paul Bowles's writings—The Spider's House is dramatic, brutally honest, and shockingly relevant to today's political situation in the Middle East and elsewhere.
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I read this book while on a trip to Morocco. It took me quite a while to get into - but once I did I came to love getting lost in Bowles' words and lyrical style. His observations of Morocco and the Moroccan people are brilliant and yet so subtle and right on... a must read for anyone interested in Morocco.
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I really liked this book - it's similar to The Sheltering Sky, but the historical significance of the uprising is very informative since Americans rarely hear about anything of Muslim Africa.
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