num_pages: 368
description: A Distant Episode contains the best of Paul Bowles's short stories, as selected by the author. An American cult figure, Bowles has fascinated such disparate talents as Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, William S. Burroughs, Gore Vidal, and Jay McInerney.
language: English
title: A Distant Episode: The Selected Stories
titlecomplete: A Distant Episode: The Selected Stories
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Literature
ratings_count: 437
publisher: Ecco