Our Old Home vs The Sheltering Sky: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Americans, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs, Fiction

Cover of Our Old Home

Our Old Home Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1863 398 pages · ≈ 7 h 22 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles · 1948 ★★★★☆ 3.9 342 pages · ≈ 6 h 20 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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