Running in the Family

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Running in the Family
Running in the Family
Author : Michael Ondaatje
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Publisher : Vintage
Language : English
Release Date : 23 March 2011
ISBN : 9780307776648
Pages : 208 pages
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In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.

Running in the Family

Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir

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