The Sheltering Sky (original Movie of the Same Name)
About This Novel
A literary classic of the century that has been gathering dust for 70 years, it is a rare classic in the history of American literature that has been selected into two major literary lists at the same time: Random House and Time Magazine's Top 100 English Novels. An existential classic as famous as "The Stranger" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". In 1990, "The Sheltering Sky" was adapted into a movie by Bertolucci ("The Last Emperor") and won many awards including the Golden Globe Award and the British Academy Film Award. "The Sheltering Sky" talks about most of the problems we will encounter in our lives: love, marriage, travel, death, the value of existence, the meaning of life... People who realize the emptiness of life long to live truly more than anyone else.
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