Running in the Family - Michael Ondaatje

By Michael Ondaatje

Release Date: 1993-11-30

Genre: Fiction & Literature

4 (17 ratings)
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 - Michael Ondaatje

By Michael Ondaatje

Release Date: 1993-11-30

Genre: Fiction & Literature

4 (17 ratings)
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.

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