Absurd, Anxiety, Contemplative, Dark, Deconstructive, Demure, Distorted, Dystopic, Erotic, Ethereal, Ironic, Layered, Lyrical, Manic, Moody, Playful, Profane, Quirky, Sardonic, Self-reflection, Severe, Subtle, Surreal, Visceral, Whimsical

Atmospheric, Baroque, Beautiful , Chance, Classic hollywood, Classical, Clever, Composed, Conceptual, Contemplative, Dense, Dissonant, Dreamy, Ethereal, Experimental, Fleeting, Functional, Funny, Geometric, Hi-tech, Hypnotic, Illusive, Improvised, Intense, Intimate, Lush, Lyrical, Melancholy, Minimal, Open-ended, Organic, Paranoid, Playful, Pop, Quiet, Self-reflection, Sensual, Serene, Serial, Sincere, Smart, Sophisticated, Spare, Spectral, Sprawling, Sublime, Subtle, Visceral

Paul Bowles' novels are often set in Northern Africa where he settled with his wife, Jane, in the late 1940s. They investigate the sometimes tragic consequences of dislocation from one's own cultural context; in "The Sheltering Sky", for example, a husband/wife/friend trio set out on a journey throug

Existentialist literature, Hallucinatory, Rebel, Self-reflection

Contemplative, Intense, Pathos, Romantic literature, Romantic poetry, Self-reflection, Sturm und drang (storm and stress), Sublime