A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard

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book short story collection

A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard is a collection of short stories by Paul Bowles that explores themes of alienation, cultural dislocation, and existential unease, often set in North African locales.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Paul Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresConcept fatalism ⓘ
incommunicability ⓘ
otherness ⓘ
power imbalance in cross-cultural relations ⓘ
exploresPerspectiveOf Western expatriates ⓘ
local North African characters ⓘ
genre short stories ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality American ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary short fiction about travel and exile ⓘ
hasLiteraryMovement postwar literature ⓘ
hasStyle atmospheric description ⓘ
detached narrative voice ⓘ
spare prose ⓘ
hasSubject Westerners in North Africa ⓘ
cross-cultural encounters ⓘ
cultural misunderstanding ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
drug use ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
marginalized characters ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ
violence ⓘ
isPartOfAuthorOeuvre Paul Bowles bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainTheme alienation ⓘ
cultural dislocation ⓘ
existential unease ⓘ
narrativeMode third-person narration ⓘ
setting Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesSettingWith The Sheltering Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesThemesWith The Sheltering Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone bleak ⓘ
dispassionate ⓘ
uneasy ⓘ

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