Title: The Sheltering Sky
First published: 1949
Description: 'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' Michael Hoffman.

Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria - uncertain of exactly where they are heading, but determined to leave the modern world behind. The results of this casually taken decision are both tragic and compelling.
Subjects: Americans, Couples, Fiction, Marital conflict, Social life and customs, Travel, Voyages and travels, Morocco -- Social life and customs -- Fiction, Romance fiction, Morocco, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, romance, general, Marriage, Description and travel, American Authors, Fiction, general, Mariage, Romans, nouvelles, Descriptions et voyages, Ehepaar, Identitätsfindung, Amerikaner, Novela estadounidense
Places: Morocco, North Africa, The Sahara Desert, Sahara, Amerikaner
Time periods: 1940's, Siglo XX