Handwriting is a collection of exquisitely crafted poems of delicacy and power - poems about love, landscape, and the sweep of history set in the poet's first home, Sri Lanka. The falling away of culture is juxtaposed with an individual's sense of loss, grief, and remembrance, as Ondaatje weaves a rich tapestry of images - the unburial of stone Buddhas, a family of stilt-walkers crossing a field, the pattern of teeth marks on skin drawn by a monk from memory. And, like the poets who wrote their stories on rock and leaf/to ...
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Handwriting is a collection of exquisitely crafted poems of delicacy and power - poems about love, landscape, and the sweep of history set in the poet's first home, Sri Lanka. The falling away of culture is juxtaposed with an individual's sense of loss, grief, and remembrance, as Ondaatje weaves a rich tapestry of images - the unburial of stone Buddhas, a family of stilt-walkers crossing a field, the pattern of teeth marks on skin drawn by a monk from memory. And, like the poets who wrote their stories on rock and leaf/to celebrate the work of the day, /the shadow pleasures of the night, in these poems Ondaatje writes of desire and longing, the curve of a bridge against a woman's foot, the figure of a man walking through a rainstorm to a tryst. Handwriting is a poetic achievement by a writer at the height of his creative powers. In it, we are reminded once again of Michael Ondaatje's unique artistry with language and of his stature as one of the finest poets writing today.
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Fine in fine dust jacket, grey boards, unclipped, published Toronto, scratching to top front d/j, mylar pro: Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. Handwriting is Michael Ondaatje's first new book of poetry sinceThe Cinnamon Peeler. It is a collection of exquisitely crafted poems of delicacy and power--poems about love, landscape, and the swee
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Fine in Fine jacket. Poetry by the celebrated author. This is a Fine copy of the First Canadian Edition. Gray cloth binding with gilt lettering. Clean text; 78 pages. The dustwrapper is unclipped, also Fine. In a plastic protector. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Ondaatje on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. A collection of poems.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author on Title Page Very Fine. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart protective cover. NEW COPY. Canadian First edition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Ondaatje (in green ink) on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. A collection of poems. Image of actual book; not a stock photo.