- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2017
Summary
With an introduction by Anne Enright
Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting.
It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the lives of the people who surround him - the immigrants building the city, as well as those who dreamed it into being - Patrick begins to learn, from their stories, the history of the city it…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509823345 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509823344 |
| Author: | Michael Ondaatje |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Ondaatje writes in curves, in time-lapses, a sort of verbal cinema whose narrative is unfaltering
Ondaatje writes in curves, in time-lapses, a sort of verbal cinema whose narrative is unfaltering * Times *
A triumph … a powerful and revelatory accomplishment * Times Literary Supplement *
A magical book. Michael Ondaatje defies the normal distinction between poet and novelist. His writing is consistently tuned to a visionary pitch – Graham Swift
A singular masterpiece – Kamila Shamsie
Michael Ondaatje
Booker Prize-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje is the author of many collections of poetry and several books of fiction, including In the Skin of a Lion and The English Patient. He and his wife live in Toronto.
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