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''The Sheltering Sky'' is a 1949 Novel by Paul Bowles . The story centers on Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African Desert accompanied by their friend Tunner. The journey, initially an attempt by Port and Kit to resolve their Marital difficulties, is quickly made fraught by the travellers' ignorance of the dangers that surround them.


FILM ADAPTATION

''The Sheltering Sky'' was adapted by Bernardo Bertolucci into a 1990 Film starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich . Paul Bowles later expressed the opinion that it would have been better if the film had never been made.


MUSICAL REFERENCES

  • The 1980 album ''Discipline'' by King Crimson includes an eight-minute instrumental composition titled " The Sheltering Sky ."

  • The 1983 album ''Synchronicity'' by The Police includes a song called "Tea in the Sahara," which is apparently based on a story contained in the novel ''The Sheltering Sky''. The song also contains the actual phrase "beneath the sheltering sky" in its lyrics.

  • The 1992 album ''Beyond the Sky'' by Omar Faruk Tekbilek was inspired by the film version of ''The Sheltering Sky .''



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