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Running in the Family

Af: Michael Ondaatje Engelsk Paperback

Running in the Family

Af: Michael Ondaatje Engelsk Paperback
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''During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.''

Twenty-five years after leaving his native Sri Lanka for the cool winters of Ontario, a chaotic dream of tropical heat and barking dogs pushes Michael Ondaatje to travel back home and revisit a childhood and a family he never fully understood. Along with his siblings and children, Ondaatje gathers rumours, anecdotes, poems, records and memories to piece together this fragmented portrayal of his family''s past, his father''s destructive alcoholism and the colourful stories and secrets of ancestors both disgraced and adored throughout centuries of Sri Lankan society.

In an exotic, evocative portrait of the heat, wildlife, sounds and silences of the Sri Lankan landscape, Ondaatje combines vivid recreations of a privileged, eccentric older generation with a deeply personal reconciliatory journey in which he explores his own ghosts, and how his family''s extraordinary history continues to influence his life.

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''During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.''

Twenty-five years after leaving his native Sri Lanka for the cool winters of Ontario, a chaotic dream of tropical heat and barking dogs pushes Michael Ondaatje to travel back home and revisit a childhood and a family he never fully understood. Along with his siblings and children, Ondaatje gathers rumours, anecdotes, poems, records and memories to piece together this fragmented portrayal of his family''s past, his father''s destructive alcoholism and the colourful stories and secrets of ancestors both disgraced and adored throughout centuries of Sri Lankan society.

In an exotic, evocative portrait of the heat, wildlife, sounds and silences of the Sri Lankan landscape, Ondaatje combines vivid recreations of a privileged, eccentric older generation with a deeply personal reconciliatory journey in which he explores his own ghosts, and how his family''s extraordinary history continues to influence his life.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9781784877811
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1784877816
Kategori: 1970 til 1979
Udg. Dato: 8 dec 2022
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 8 dec 2022
Forfatter(e): Michael Ondaatje
Forfatter(e) Michael Ondaatje


Kategori 1970 til 1979


ISBN-13 9781784877811


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 208


Udgave


Længde 22mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 8 dec 2022


Oplagsdato 8 dec 2022


Forlag Vintage Publishing

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