Things Gone and Things Still Here
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| Author | Paul Bowles |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Black Sparrow Press |
Publication date | January 1, 1977 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 89 |
| ISBN | 9780876853429 |
| OCLC | 77781780 |
Things Gone and Things Still Here is a collection of nine works of short fiction by Paul Bowles, published in 1977 by Black Sparrow Press.[1] The volume is the sixth collection of Bowles's work, much of which is re-published material.[2]
Things Gone and Things Still Here contains examples of Bowles's theme of "transference" or "transformation", in which a human or animal undergoes a Kafkaesque metamorphosis, exchanging identities. The stories "Allal" and "Mejdoub" are representative of these works.[3][4][5]
"Allal"
"Mejdoub"
"You Have Left Your Lotus Pods on the Bus"
"The Fqih"
"Istikhara, Anaya, Medagan, and the Medaganet"
"The Waters of Izli"
"Afternoon With Antaeus"
"Reminders of Bouselham"
"Things Gone and Things Still Here"