Basptism of Solitude

Basptism of Solitude

Novelist, composer, expatriate and rebel Paul Bowles is one of the most compelling and mythologized figures in twentieth-century American culture. Remarkably gifted, Bowles entered the vibrant art and literary world of the late 1920s and early '30s as a poet and composer (studied with Aaron Copland). After he moved to Tangier Bowles began writing fiction: <b>The Delicate Prey</b>, <b>The Spider's House</b>, <b>Let It Come Down</b>, and <b>The Sheltering Sky</b>, which he wrote in 1947, and which was immediately hailed as a classic. Bill Laswell, legendary bassist and producer, went with the Metastation team to Tangier, recorded Bowles, and set his words to ambient landscapes. This collaborative effort resulted in <b>Baptism of Solitude</b>, which contains excerpts from his novels and poems.