Anil's Ghost

Author(s): Michael Ondaatje

General

A novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient. The result is a disturbing and timeless revelatory journey.


Product Information

From the author of The English Patient and Running in the Family, a breathtaking novel about love and the horrors of civil war.

"There is much to astonish, to disturb and to admire in this dense book... a rare triumph" Guardian "This is why I read, this is why literature matters, this, in short, is IT!... By the closing pages Anil's Ghost has come as close to a holy book as a novel ever should" Independent "A deeply felt and highly accomplished survey of devastated paradise... which both plunges you into the carnage of Sri Lanka's civil war and keeps you aware of the island's past splendours of civilisation. Barbarity and art hauntingly mingle in this fine book" Sunday Times "It is Ondaatje's extraordinary achievement to use magic in order to make the blood of his own country real... Nowhere has he written more beautifully" New York Times Book Review "A truly wondrous book... I was as enthralled as I have not been since The English Patient" -- Ariel Dorfman, author of Death and the Maiden

Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka in 1943. In the 1950s he moved to England, and went to school in south London. In 1962 he emigrated to Canada, where he has lived ever since. His books include his memoir, Running in the Family, numerous collections of poetry, and five novels - including The English Patient which won the 1992 Booker Prize. His latest novel is The Cat's Table, published by Cape in hardcover in September 2011.

General Fields

  • : 9780099554455
  • : Random House UK
  • : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
  • : 0.233
  • : September 2011
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : September 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Michael Ondaatje
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 813.5/4
  • : 320
  • : FC