‘A Distant Episode’ by Paul Bowles: Short Story Analysis A Distant Episode' is a modernist realistic short story based in the regions of Algeria, Western Sahara, or Morocco in the 1940s. The author of this piece is the American writer, music composer, and world traveler Paul Bowles. 'A Distant Episode' was penned by Bowles in the year 1947. He had explored North Africa by … [Read more...] about ‘A Distant Episode’ by Paul Bowles: Short Story Analysis