{"product_id":"you-are-not-i-a-portrait-of-paul-bowles-paperback","title":"You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMillicent Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe famously enigmatic writer-composer Paul Bowles is the subject of Millicent Dillon's unforgettable new book. Her portrait of the chameleonlike artist is much more than an account of Bowles's life, however. It is also a meditation on biography that questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of \"truth\" in the telling of a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillicent Dillon first met Paul Bowles in Tangier in 1977, when she was writing a biography of his wife, the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973. Dillon returned to Morocco in 1992 to work with Bowles on a book about his own life. In Bowles's book-lined apartment often crowded with visitors, Dillon observes the magnetism the aging artist exerts on anyone who comes into his circle. Bowles talks of his difficult childhood and of his grief over Jane's long illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. He is charming and evasive with Dillon, generous and devious. As the book unfolds, Dillon's own reflections and concerns surface alongside details of Bowles's daily life, his physical condition, his interactions with others. Her portrait of the artist is seen simultaneously with her construction of that portrait, and in a kind of literary legerdemain we are able to observe Dillon on the biographical canvas along with Bowles and his deceased wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Sheltering Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other works, as well as an acclaimed composer, Paul Bowles has had an immensely rich creative life. Millicent Dillon seems to have been destined to write this unconventional biography of the artist, and the result is wonderful, disturbing, and strangely compelling, like Paul Bowles himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLess a biography than a meditation on the curious nature of biography and on the even more curious nature of Paul Bowles. Brilliantly done, and intensely interesting.--Alice Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[I love the Paul Bowles biography.] A seriously innovative biography about a fascinating literary figure, an exotic locale, the haunting ghost of Jane Bowles, and an endearing and important biographer. Any of these ingredients would be enough to recommend it; altogether, a brilliant book.--Diane Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am impressed by the honesty, lucidity, and maturity in every sentence. This stunning pas de deux by two wary, relentlessly intelligent people is a delicious reading experience.--Phillip Lopate, author of \u003ci\u003ePortrait of my Body and Art of the Personal Essay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillicent Dillon brilliantly manages to turn her difficulties with the notorious elusiveness of Paul Bowles, and of Tangiers, into the most revealing account ever given of his personality and his achievements. It's a fascinating, exhilirating book.--Richard Poirier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLess a biography than a meditation on the curious nature of biography and on the even more curious nature of Paul Bowles. Brilliantly done, and intensely interesting.--Alice Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[I love the Paul Bowles biography.] A seriously innovative biography about a fascinating literary figure, an exotic locale, the haunting ghost of Jane Bowles, and an endearing and important biographer. Any of these ingredients would be enough to recommend it; altogether, a brilliant book.\"--Diane Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am impressed by the honesty, lucidity, and maturity in every sentence. This stunning pas de deux by two wary, relentlessly intelligent people is a delicious reading experience.\"--Phillip Lopate, author of \u003ci\u003ePortrait of my Body and Art of the Personal Essay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Millicent Dillon brilliantly manages to turn her difficulties with the notorious elusiveness of Paul Bowles, and of Tangiers, into the most revealing account ever given of his personality and his achievements. It's a fascinating, exhilirating book.\"--Richard Poirier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMillicent Dillon's\u003c\/b\u003e published works include fiction and nonfiction as well as numerous short stories. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Paul and Jane Bowles\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eOut in the World: Selected Letters of Jane Bowles, 1935-1970\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), and \u003ci\u003eA Little Original Sin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMillicent Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.95 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43079007043719,"sku":"9780520224933","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/W4vA_a6vt_9780520224933.webp?v=1756263018","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/you-are-not-i-a-portrait-of-paul-bowles-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}