The Spider's House
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780876855454 (0876855451)
Publish date: June 1st 1982
Publisher: Ecco Press
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
The major portion of this book, the first 80%, is an utterly enchanting meditation on an exotic land (Morocco) and the contrasts between the archaic and modernity. The writing is brilliant. But the final part of the story either wobbled or, in my view, just collapsed - as Bowles simply didn't know h...