Reading The Sheltering Sky | Alexandria
Read The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles. Probing existence through an unsparing lens, The Sheltering Sky exposes how Western comforts blind us to life's raw truths. Bowles' masterwork reveals that "civilized" ways often trap us in illusions, while confronting mortality in the desert strips pretense bare. The surprising insight? True freedom comes not from controlling reality, but surrendering to its beautiful brutality.