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New York:: New Directions,, 1949.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus, clipped dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends and corners. The Sheltering Sky centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner. The journey, initially an attempt by Port and Kit to resolve their marital difficulties, is quickly fraught by the travelers' ignorance of the dangers that surround them. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.