Sheltering Sky

 It happened to me often: Before finding out about the book, I get to see the movie...

It is the case with The Sheltering Sky- I saw part of the Bertolucci movie, which I did not enjoy, though I found the book brilliant, then I discovered that the book is included in The Top 100 Modern Library List...
The Sheltering Sky was a wonderful surprise for me: After two recent misfires with The Midnight's Children and The Decameron, I was afraid that I am losing my pleasure to read, the ability to concentrate or I simply reached my limit: after all, I'm no critic, no literature teacher,so I considered the hypothesis that I found some 200 books that I liked and maybe I should stick with them and try to read them again, without trying new experiences...
The Sheltering Sky is important for me, because it proves that I must keep trying...About the book, critics have written:
"Its startlingly original vision has withstood the test of time..."
"In this classic work of psychological terror, Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them"
It was a fascinating story for me, with the "action" taking place in the middle of the desert, with the most unexpected events and an unusual fondness for the charecters. I learned quite some time ago that I love a book if I love the people, the atmosphere in it.
This is a very strange world, as alien as it can be and any westerner or european is mesmerized...
I know I was, even if I'm glad I've been in the middle of it only as a reader

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