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First published in 1963, Their Heads Are Green is
an account of Bowles’s life and experiences in Morocco,
the country that has provided the backdrop to his best novels.
He recounts his journeys to the Sahara, which influenced the
classic The Sheltering Sky and his travels through
Mexico, Turkey and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). With the exceptional
gift for penetrating beyond the picturesque or exotic aspects
of the countries he describes, he evokes for us the unique
characteristics of both people and places.
‘At his best when writing about places . . . The best
Bowles I have read for a long time . . . Brilliant.’
– Spectator
‘Very vivid and individual; and of course being Bowles,
the writing needs no comment.’ – Guardian
‘Bowles is at his best in writing about places. He can
evoke a place with a few sure strokes.’ – New
York Times
PAUL BOWLES was born in New York and came to Europe in 1931
to study music with Aaron Copland. In 1938 he married Jane
Auer, herself a gifted writer who was to achieve literary
fame under her married name of Jane Bowles and who was described
as ‘the most important writer of prose fiction in modern
American letters’ by Tennessee Williams. After the war
they settled in Tangier, which is now Paul Bowles’s permanent
home. He is the author of the acclaimed novel The Sheltering
Sky which has since become a modern classic and which
was filmed by Bernardo Bertolucci. His other books include
Let It Come Down, Call at Corazón, Points
in Time and The Spider’s House. |
