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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679772668
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed
ISBN: 0679772669
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 14, 1997
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: January 14, 1997
Studio: Vintage
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Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.
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I first read this book in 1995 and I re-read it every couple of years. The prose is gorgeous and nuanced and the characters are so full-fledged that they take on the familiarity of old friends. The dozens of reviews here already go over the specific merits in great detail, so I will simply note that this book is always my first recommendation when asked for a good book of fiction.
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... but there is order here, very faint, very human." This should be the first sentence of every novel, the narrator reflects midway in Michael Ondaatje extraordinary novel. And he makes taking the time more than worthwhile. Actual short news items are creatively woven into a tapestry of life in and around Toronto during the early decades of the last century. Real or realistic characters, essential for the construction of the city at the time are at the centre of the story: primarily immigrant ... Read More
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As epigraph to this, his second novel (1987), Michael Ondaatje quotes John Berger: "Never again will a single story be told as though it were the only one." As in all his novels up to his latest, DIVISADERO, he delights in telling what seem to be several different stories at once, apparently unconnected in literal terms, but subtly related in imagery and theme. Gradually, the connections become more apparent, but be warned: much of the work is left to the reader, and not all the loose ends get tied ... Read More
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This is a spectacular reading experience. Each word is carefully chosen to produce the most incredible imagery. It is a book that needs to be read slowly and savored for the complete mastery of the prose. A work of art.
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A beautiful book. A 200 page poem that will keep you up at night, hungry for more. Mr. Ondaatje is one of the greatest poets currently working and his ability to craft poetry weaved around narrative is nothing short of stunning. The rebellious nature of the predecessor to "The English Patient" sets it in stark contrast to the defeatist, post-war drama of its more critically acclaimed sibling. The characters are deep, the drama rich, and the events molded from history; if not necessarily fact. If you ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679772668
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed
ISBN: 0679772669
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 14, 1997
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: January 14, 1997
Studio: Vintage