Paul Bowles: A Study in Short Fiction

by Allen Hibbard

Series Editors: Gary Scharnhorst, University of New Mexico and Eric Haralson, State University of New York, Stony Brook. This is the only series to provide in-depth critical introductions to major modern and contemporary short story writers worldwide. Each volume offers: a comprehensive overview of the artists short fiction-including detailed analyses of every significant story; interviews, essays, memoirs and other biographical materials -- often...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805783180
• ISBN13: 9780805783186
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Allen Hibbard - A Study of the Short Fiction

Hibbard's book on the study of the short fiction of Paul Bowles is easily the best that is available on the subject, and Hibbard covers just about everything that the reader would want to know.The book is split into 3 sections: 1) The Short Fiction 2) The Writer and 3) The Critics. There are also many interviews with Bowles in this book, as well as many critical essays.The main books covered are: 'The Delicate Prey', 'A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard', 'The Time of Friendship', 'Things Gone and Things Still Here', 'Midnight Mass' and 'Unwelcome Words and other stories'.I recommend this book to any serious student of the fiction of Paul Bowles, as well as the casual reader, because this book is written in a readily understandable format, which in itself is very useful.