A year of last things
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-2024
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Born in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived here since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world - describing himself as a 'mongrel,' someone born out of diverse cultures. Here, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed, he moves back and forth in time, from a childhood in Sri Lanka to Moliere's chair during his last stage performance, from icons in Bulgarian churches to the California coast and loved Canadian rivers, merging memory with the present, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery, love and loss. At first sight it is a glittering collection of fragments and memories - but small, intricate pieces of a life are precisely what matter most to Ondaatje. They make an emotional history.
Main title:
A year of last things / Michael Ondaatje.
Author:
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2024.
Collation:
128 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781787335035 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2427384