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"IT IS VERY MUCH PROHIBITED FOR A EUROPEAN MALE TO BE WITH A MOROCCAN FEMALE" BOWLES, PAUL. Archive of 9 items, each Signed, to publisher Tim Hinterding: 6 Typed Letters * Brief Autograph Letter * Printed Document * Their Heads are Green and their Hands are Blue. The letters, each 1 page, 4to or smaller, onionskin paper or postcard; generally good condition. Each with original envelope. The document, "October 6, 1987 / Paul Bowles," agreement between Bowles and Hinterding concerning rights relating to the Dutch translation of his short story, "Midnight Mass." 3 pages, 4to; paper clip stain at upper edge. The book, additionally inscribed, "For Tim Hinterding-- / If you read this, you / won't be able to claim that / you've read nothing of mine. / Logic. / best, Paul Bowles / Tangier / 11/VI/86," on the half-title. Dutch language edition. 8vo, blank wrappers; faint foxing to upper edge of text block; publisher's printed dust jacket, minor scattered soiling. [Tangier], 1986-87
12 July 1986, ALS, on postcard, in full: "Thank you for sending the translation of the critical piece about the Rotterdam concert. I'd be willing to wager that the reviewer considers Wagner more important than Satie! "Unfortunately, I have no unpublished stories for Killa Kossa. I write only three or four a year, and sometimes fewer. "I'm glad you found the experiences recounted in Their Heads are Green believable." 12 February 1987: "Your account of the two girls who accompanied you to your hotel was amusing, although it could have had seriously unpleasant results. It is very much prohibited for a European male to be with a Moroccan female. On occasion, in the past, such a couple has been stoned to death, or both have had their throats cut. It's surprising that your two friends were not arrested . . . . From their behavior . . . I'd say they were both prostitutes, which I suppose you guessed, anyway. . . ."
