Porter and his wife Kit came to North Africa from New York with the intention of taking a long trip across the Sahara desert with their friend George. At an inn on the edge of the desert they meet Mrs Lyle and her eccentric son Eric. Seduced by a prostitute who wants to rob her, Potter returns to the hotel disheveled, only to discover that George is too attentive to his wife. Potter hitchhiked the mother and son to the first town on the journey, while Kit and George took the train, in which Kit was seduced by George and had sex. In order to get rid of George, Potter let George and the mother and son take a bus at the second stop, and he and Kit took the bus to another town. Eric stole Potter's passport, and the local garrison commander asked George to travel with the Potters, but Potter only took Kit to the depths of the desert. Porter contracted typhoid on the way and died despite Kit's careful care. Kit travels alone and joins an African camel caravan, the captain of the caravan takes Kit home as one of many wives and concubines. Representatives from the U.S. embassy rescued Kit and escorted her to the sea. George was there waiting for her, but Kit struggled to escape George
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The Sheltering Sky movie plot
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Extended Reading
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Sammy 2022-03-27 09:01:21
Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Things happen only a certain number of time. And a small number, really.
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Carleton 2022-03-21 09:03:28
Empty. Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Things happen only a certain number of time. And a small number, really. Ho
The Sheltering Sky quotes
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Kit Moresby: Other people's dreams are so dull.
Port Moresby: Kit has days when everything in the world is merely a sign for something else. A white Mercedes can't just simply be a white Mercedes. It must have a secret meaning about the whole of life. Everything is an omen. Nothing can just be what it is.
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Kit Moresby: Oh, Tunner, stop trying to be interesting. On you it looks terrible. And you're too good-looking.