Gwyneth Paltrow often sends out book updates in her GOOP newsletters which includes books she’s recently enjoyed and recommendations from famous friends. One of Gwyneth’s favourites happens to be The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, which was recommended by Ethan Hawke while they were filmming Great Expectations:
“I was doing a film with Ethan Hawke in 1995 and feeling a bit in shock about what was happening with my life. I hadn’t found grace yet with the big changes that were afoot. Ethan correctly intuited that I needed some perspective, some grounding, a sort of literary bringing down to size. He gave me a few of his favourite novels and this masterpiece was one of them. It completely swept me up. It is, in essence, about what happens when one changes landscapes, physical or metaphorical, without intellectual and emotional openness. It also teaches that the unfamiliar must be approached with humility and respect, slowly and without force. It very much set me straight at a very pivotal moment in my life,” says Gwyneth.
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