The book will be presented by Daniel Blaufuks (photographer and filmmaker).

Synopsis
This book aims to fill the total absence of work regarding the analysis of journalistic and epistolary texts produced by Paul Bowles, since these are vital to perceive the kind of relations that the author cultivated in Portugal during the period in which he resided here in 1958. In the same way, it also seeks to uncover Bowles's opinion during his stay of Portugal, his semi-peripheral and oppressed status, which he revealed to international press, also revealing some of the contacts he established with Portuguese artists and artistic results. If the contact with the Portuguese artistic community was, initially and primarily, in the field of music, the exchange of artistic impressions and the result of them ended up extending to other areas, as evidenced by some works by Daniel Blaufuks and that are also explored.

Bio note of the author
Hermínia Sol is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, where she teaches English and Portuguese as a Foreign Language, as well as Curricular Units related to Literatures in Portuguese and with Portuguese Culture. She is also a researcher at the Centre for Anglistic Studies of the University of Lisbon (ceaul). She holds a PhD in American Literature from the University of Coimbra, a Master's in Women's Studies from the University of Limerick, a postgraduate degree in American Studies from the Open University and a degree in Portuguese and English Studies from the University of Coimbra. Nowadays, her research work has focused on the dialogue between cinema and literature, travel literature, contentiousness, humor and recent history in the United States, especially on topics related to the Cold War.