Audio only
Length10h 9m
About this audiobook
Audio edition of the landmark of 20th Century literature, by acclaimed author Paul Bowles
“The Sheltering Sky is one of the most original, even visionary, works of fiction to appear in the twentieth century.” —Tobias Wolff
"It stands head and shoulders above most other novels published in English since World War II.” —New Republic
In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend other cultures--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, The Sheltering Sky is at once merciless and heartbreaking in its compassion. It etches the limits of human reason and intelligence--perhaps even the limits of human life --when they touch the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the dessert.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (35.9K)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, Amazon, StoryGraph
GenreMystery and Thriller, Literary Classics, Historical Fiction
Length10 hrs 9 mins
Narrated bySaskia Maarleveld
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 14, 2024
LanguageEnglish
More from Paul Bowles
In TouchPaul Bowles28h 54m4.3 (54)$53 · $0.00
The Stories of Paul BowlesPaul Bowles28h 38m4.4 (1.5K)$53 · $0.00
Too Far from HomePaul Bowles24h 41m4.0 (286)$53 · $0.00
TravelsPaul Bowles17h 40m4.1 (339)$40 · $0.00
A Distant EpisodePaul Bowles15h 38m4.1 (459)$33 · $0.00
Let It Come DownPaul Bowles12h 41m4.0 (2.8K)$33 · $0.00
Up Above the WorldPaul Bowles6h 33m3.7 (1.6K)$24 · $0.00
Points in TimePaul Bowles1h 16m3.7 (300)$16 · $0.00
DaysPaul Bowles2h 9m3.5 (328)$16 · $0.00
Without StoppingPaul Bowles15h4.0 (647)$33 · $0.00
The Delicate PreyPaul Bowles9h 17m4.2 (1.5K)$29 · $0.00
Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are BluePaul Bowles7h 23m4.0 (838)$24 · $0.00
The Spider's HousePaul Bowles16h 43m4.1 (2.7K)$40 · $0.00
Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque15h 50m4.5 (47.3K)$2 · $0.00
AngelAnita Waller10h 30m4.6 (672)$30 · $0.00
The BorderDon Winslow29h 8m4.5 (35.7K)$53 · $0.00
FlashpointCatherine Coulter11h 38m4.5 (11.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Fang Si-Chi's First Love ParadiseYi-Han Lin8h 25m4.5 (4K)$26 · $0.00
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
CovertJanie Crouch6h 15m4.5 (2K)$12 · $0.00
Cold Case InvestigationNicole Helm5h 30m4.6 (321)$5 · $0.00
The ReunionJana DeLeon6h 31m4.5 (1.6K)$12 · $0.00
Courage Under FireSharon Dunn5h 50m4.5 (730)$24 · $0.00
Decoding the TruthJulie Miller7h 31m4.6 (350)$12 · $0.00
Murder Gone ColdB.J. Daniels5h 50m4.5 (562)$12 · $0.00
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky22h 22m4.4 (1.3M)$0.60 · $0.00
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky23h 14m4.4 (1.3M)$1 · $0.00
Exit FeeBrad Taylor3h 16m4.5 (1.9K)$18 · $0.00
Sworn to ProtectShirlee McCoy5h 7m4.5 (1K)$12 · $0.00
The Last RemainsElly Griffiths9h 41m4.4 (37.3K)$29 · $0.00
The Goddess of WarsawLisa Barr13h 4m4.4 (36.4K)$33 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m4.7 (13.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 50m4.6 (1.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust16h 8m4.5 (10.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
Lessons in TruthH. Emilie3h 50m4.6 (1.4K)$4.70 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43m4.5 (9.5K)$25 · $0.00
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen14h 44m4.4 (4.7M)$2 · $0.00
Flying Colours (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith9h 26m4.4 (10.1K)$2 · $0.00
With Love from HarlemReShonda Tate13h 48m4.5 (2K)$6 · $0.00
Sweet Home Highland ChristmasMay McGoldrick, Jan Coffey2h 54m4.5 (1.4K)$7 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery12h 25m4.4 (67.5K)$2 · $0.00
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Annotated)Willa Cather9h 13m4.4 (4.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7m4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Goddess of WarsawLisa Barr13h 4m4.4 (36.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Ohio River Trilogy: Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border & The Last TrailZane Grey29h 8m4.4 (1.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Attic ChildLola Jaye14h 46m4.4 (21K)$33 · $0.00
Martyr of the CatacombsJames De Mille3h 41m4.5 (744)$1 · $0.00
Quo VadisHenryk Sienkiewicz22h 52m4.4 (62K)$21 · $0.00
Bring Up The BodiesHilary Mantel14h 35m4.4 (150K)$33 · $0.00
By the Shores of Silver LakeLaura Ingalls Wilder7h 38m4.4 (103.7K)$1 · $0.00
Sexy/DangerousBeverly Jenkins10h 19m4.4 (2.3K)$29 · $0.00
Trustee from the ToolroomNevil Shute Norway11h 42m4.4 (10.5K)$1 · $0.00
Chasing CassandraLisa Kleypas8h 59m4.3 (108.3K)$29 · $0.00
Deeper than the OceanMirta Ojito12h 29m4.4 (927)$29 · $0.00
North and SouthElizabeth Gaskell22h 1m4.3 (201K)$1.99 · $0.00
You may also like
The Moon and Sixpence: One Man's Journey Across the Field of Art and into Its Depths (Based on Paul Gauguin's Life) (Annotated)William Somerset Maugham9h 47m4.1 (33K)$2 · $0.00
Green Hills of Africa (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway9h 3m3.9 (14.9K)$2 · $0.00
The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maugham7h 35m4.2 (71.5K)$17
Childe Harold's PilgrimageLord Byron3h 57m3.9 (12.6K)Free
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad4h 8m3.6 (634.5K)$6 · $0.00
THE MOON AND SIXPENCEWilliam Somerset Maugham9h 42m4.1 (36.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Heart Of Darkness (Golden Deer Classics)Joseph Conrad4h 36m3.7 (806.7K)$4 · $0.00
The EncantadasHerman Melville3h 35m3.9 (1.6K)$1 · $0.00
Women in Love (Annotated)D. H. Lawrence23h 20m3.6 (33.9K)$2 · $0.00
Typhoon and Other StoriesJoseph Conrad8h 9m4.0 (1.4K)$12 · $0.00
Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in AlaskaRockwell Kent5h 11m4.1 (667)$2 · $0.00
The Bet, and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov6h 4m4.1 (2.3K)$2.30
The Explorer's GeneAlex Hutchinson9h 26m3.9 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other StoriesNathaniel Hawthorne7h 49m4.0 (4.6K)$1 · $0.00
Satori in ParisJack Kerouac2h 16m3.6 (4.1K)$15
A Distant EpisodePaul Bowles15h 38m4.1 (459)$33 · $0.00
The ImmoralistAndré Gide4h 44m3.8 (20.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
The FlightDan Hampton8h 59m4.4 (686)$29 · $0.00
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway6h 12m4.0 (538.8K)$23
The Wisdom of FinanceMihir Desai6h 29m4.0 (3K)$24 · $0.00