'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.' Twenty-five years after leaving his native Sri Lanka for the cool winters of Ontario, a chaotic dream of tropical heat and barking dogs pushes Michael Ondaatje to travel back home and revisit a childhood and a family he never fully understood. Along with his siblings and children, Ondaatje gathers rumours, ...
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'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.' Twenty-five years after leaving his native Sri Lanka for the cool winters of Ontario, a chaotic dream of tropical heat and barking dogs pushes Michael Ondaatje to travel back home and revisit a childhood and a family he never fully understood. Along with his siblings and children, Ondaatje gathers rumours, anecdotes, poems, records and memories to piece together this fragmented portrayal of his family's past, his father's destructive alcoholism and the colourful stories and secrets of ancestors both disgraced and adored throughout centuries of Sri Lankan society. In an exotic, evocative portrait of the heat, wildlife, sounds and silences of the Sri Lankan landscape, Ondaatje combines vivid recreations of a privileged, eccentric older generation with a deeply personal reconciliatory journey in which he explores his own ghosts, and how his family's extraordinary history continues to influence his life.
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Very Good. Good Dust Jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Cloth Hardcover. Dust Jacket Is Not Price Clipped, The Boards Are In Very Good Condition, With Some Light Discoloration At Th E Top Edge. The Inside Pages Are Clean With No Highlights Or Marks. The Dust Jacket Is Creased With Small Tears All Around The Edges. 1St Canadian Edition From The Canadian Author, based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Cloth Hardcover. dust jacket is Price clipped, The boards are in very good condition, with some discoloration at the top and bottom edge. The inside pages are clean with no highlights or marks. creased dust jacket with some small tears all around the edges. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x0; No Remainder Mark. Not Price Clipped, 1982 Canadian Edition, Hardcover With A Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped. Signed By The Author At The Title Page. In Very Good Condition. 1St Canadian Edition. Signed "Michael Ondaatje" At The Title Page. Gift Inscription At The Front Cover Verso. The Dust Jacket Has Some Small Tears Around The Edges, based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 0771068840. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Rubbing on edges. Some nicks to top spine.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 207 pages.
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Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Canadian Edition. 8vo, blue cloth, dustjacket. Fine text: no wear, no owner's marks. Dj is very fresh, no creases, not price-clipped, just a touch of edge-wear, mostly around the spine-ends, one short edge-tear. A very attractive example of this fragile dj.
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Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) First Canadian Edition. 8vo, blue cloth, dustjacket. Nearly Fine text with no owner's name, no sign of use aside from minor wear to tips. Dj is very fresh and unworn, no tears, no creases, not price-clipped. Original price has been neatly blacked out. A superb example of this fragile dj. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine copy. SIGNED by the author on the title page. LAID IN: publisher's promo sheet announcing the publication of the book.
