Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is the author of five previous novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. The English Patient won the Booker Prize; Anil’s Ghost won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Giller Prize, and the Prix Médicis. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje now lives in Toronto.
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In the Skin of a Lion
Abridged Cassette | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction
978-0-676-97281-8 (0-676-97281-0)
April 25, 2000 | $22.95
In the Skin of a Lion Audio (Read by Willem Dafoe)
A haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams — sometimes even to murder.
Acclaimed stage and film actor Willem Dafoe played Caravaggio in Ondaatje's The English...
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Abridged Cassette | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction
978-0-676-97281-8 (0-676-97281-0)
April 25, 2000 | $22.95
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In the Skin of a Lion Audio (Read by Willem Dafoe)
A haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams — sometimes even to murder.
Acclaimed stage and film actor Willem Dafoe played Caravaggio in Ondaatje's The English...
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Handwriting
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Vintage Canada | Poetry
978-0-676-97245-0 (0-676-97245-4)
April 11, 2000 | $18.95
He takes us through the sweep of history in the island of Sri Lanka, summoning up stories of war and love, of goon squads, kings and robbers, and of two millennia of culture, to create a tapestry of images, scents and gestures - the unburial of stone Buddhas, a family of...
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Vintage Canada | Poetry
978-0-676-97245-0 (0-676-97245-4)
April 11, 2000 | $18.95
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He takes us through the sweep of history in the island of Sri Lanka, summoning up stories of war and love, of goon squads, kings and robbers, and of two millennia of culture, to create a tapestry of images, scents and gestures - the unburial of stone Buddhas, a family of...
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unabridged audio cassette and an
unabridged audio cassette.
Coming Through Slaughter
Trade Paperback | 176 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-676-97176-7 (0-676-97176-8)
October 4, 1998 | $21.00
Many readers still claim this haunting, atmospheric novel of Michael Ondaatje's as their first love - a novel as sensual and erotic today as ever it was. At the turn of the century, the Storyville district of New Orleans had some 2000 prostitutes, 70 professional gamblers, and 30 piano players. But...
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Trade Paperback | 176 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-676-97176-7 (0-676-97176-8)
October 4, 1998 | $21.00
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Many readers still claim this haunting, atmospheric novel of Michael Ondaatje's as their first love - a novel as sensual and erotic today as ever it was. At the turn of the century, the Storyville district of New Orleans had some 2000 prostitutes, 70 professional gamblers, and 30 piano players. But...
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eBook.
In the Skin of a Lion
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28182-7 (0-394-28182-9)
June 18, 1996 | $21.00
In the Skin of a Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the 20s and 30s. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and...
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28182-7 (0-394-28182-9)
June 18, 1996 | $21.00
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In the Skin of a Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the 20s and 30s. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and...
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abridged audio cassette and an
eBook.
From Ink Lake
Trade Paperback | 736 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28138-4 (0-394-28138-1)
October 3, 1995 | $24.95
This highly acclaimed anthology is an unexpected and discerning mix of traditional short stories and untraditional tales, as selected by one of Canada's most beloved writers, Michael Ondaatje. He has chosen 49 stories by a wide array of writers including Alistair MacLeod, Margaret Laurence, Carol Shields, Dionne Brand, Mavis Gallant, Stephen...
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Trade Paperback | 736 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28138-4 (0-394-28138-1)
October 3, 1995 | $24.95
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This highly acclaimed anthology is an unexpected and discerning mix of traditional short stories and untraditional tales, as selected by one of Canada's most beloved writers, Michael Ondaatje. He has chosen 49 stories by a wide array of writers including Alistair MacLeod, Margaret Laurence, Carol Shields, Dionne Brand, Mavis Gallant, Stephen...
Running in the Family
Paperback | 184 pages | New Canadian Library | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-9895-6 (0-7710-9895-2)
November 1, 1993 | $10.95
In Michael Ondaatje’s beloved family memoir, fact and fiction blur to create a dazzlingly original portrait of a lost time and place. Ondaatje left Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) at the age of eleven. Almost twenty-five years later, he returned to sort out the recollected fragments of experience, legend, and family scandal...
Paperback | 184 pages | New Canadian Library | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-9895-6 (0-7710-9895-2)
November 1, 1993 | $10.95
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In Michael Ondaatje’s beloved family memoir, fact and fiction blur to create a dazzlingly original portrait of a lost time and place. Ondaatje left Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) at the age of eleven. Almost twenty-five years later, he returned to sort out the recollected fragments of experience, legend, and family scandal...
The English Patient
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28013-4 (0-394-28013-X)
August 27, 1993 | $21.00
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient...
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28013-4 (0-394-28013-X)
August 27, 1993 | $21.00
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With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient...
The Cinnamon Peeler
Trade Paperback | 208 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry - Canadian; Poetry
978-0-7710-6881-2 (0-7710-6881-6)
November 7, 1992 | $19.99
Michael Ondaatje’s new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist.
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Trade Paperback | 208 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry - Canadian; Poetry
978-0-7710-6881-2 (0-7710-6881-6)
November 7, 1992 | $19.99
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Michael Ondaatje’s new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist.
Tay John
Paperback | 272 pages | New Canadian Library | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-7710-9850-5 (0-7710-9850-2)
March 1, 1989 | $12.95
The awesome terrain of the Rocky Mountains is the setting for this extraordinary novel about a heroic man who boldly defies destiny. Tay John, a messianic halfbreed, is fated to lead his people to their Promised Land. In a rebellious act of will, he turns to the mountains to seek his...
Paperback | 272 pages | New Canadian Library | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-7710-9850-5 (0-7710-9850-2)
March 1, 1989 | $12.95
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The awesome terrain of the Rocky Mountains is the setting for this extraordinary novel about a heroic man who boldly defies destiny. Tay John, a messianic halfbreed, is fated to lead his people to their Promised Land. In a rebellious act of will, he turns to the mountains to seek his...
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trade paperback.
