“He did not think of himself as a tourist; he was a traveler. The difference is partly one of time... Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home... the traveler, belonging no more to one place than to the next, moves slowly, over periods of years.”

About Paul Bowles

Author • American

Paul Bowles was an acclaimed American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became a prominent figure in post-war literature with his first novel, The Sheltering Sky, which explored themes of existential dread...