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In the Skin of a Lion: Picador Classic
Michael Ondaatje
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Description for In the Skin of a Lion: Picador Classic
Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
With an introduction by Anne Enright Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting. It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the lives of the people who surround him - the immigrants building the city, as well as those who dreamed it into being - Patrick begins to learn, from their stories, the history of the city itself. And he has his own ... Read more
With an introduction by Anne Enright Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting. It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the lives of the people who surround him - the immigrants building the city, as well as those who dreamed it into being - Patrick begins to learn, from their stories, the history of the city itself. And he has his own ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Picador Classic
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509823345
SKU
V9781509823345
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About Michael Ondaatje
Booker Prize-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje is the author of many collections of poetry and several books of fiction, including In the Skin of a Lion and The English Patient. He and his wife live in Toronto.
Reviews for In the Skin of a Lion: Picador Classic
A singular masterpiece
Kamila Shamsie A magical book. Michael Ondaatje defies the normal distinction between poet and novelist. His writing is consistently tuned to a visionary pitch
Graham Swift A triumph . . . a powerful and revelatory accomplishment
Times Literary Supplement
Ondaatje writes in curves, in time-lapses, a sort of verbal cinema whose narrative is ... Read more
Kamila Shamsie A magical book. Michael Ondaatje defies the normal distinction between poet and novelist. His writing is consistently tuned to a visionary pitch
Graham Swift A triumph . . . a powerful and revelatory accomplishment
Times Literary Supplement
Ondaatje writes in curves, in time-lapses, a sort of verbal cinema whose narrative is ... Read more