THE SPIDER'S HOUSE
Book Details + Condition: Macdonald and Co. (London). First Edition, 1957. Hardcover (no jacket). 384 pages. Set in Fez, Morocco, during that country's 1954 nationalist uprising, Paul Bowles' novel centers around the dilemma of an outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures which are dramatized with brutal honesty. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with some fading and discoloration; chafed spine ends; light foxing to first few pages; interior is clean and free of markings.
