From the acclaimed author of The English Patient and In the Skin of a Lion- a stunningly beautiful and moving new novel about a boy's life-changing journey from Ceylon to England in the 1950s.
Michael Ondaatje is the author of seven novels; a memoir, Running in the Family; a non-fiction book on film, The Conversations- Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film; and several books of poetry, including The Cinnamon Peeler and Handwriting. The English Patient received the Booker Prize in 1992 and the Golden Man Booker in 2018, and was made into a film directed by Anthony Minghella. Anil's Ghost was awarded the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Giller Prize and the Prix Medicis. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto.
One of the most admirable and enthralling literary novels of the
year
*Daily Mail*
Extraordinary
*Guardian*
Superbly poised between the magic of innocence and the melancholy
of experience
*The Economist*
Michael Ondaatje's impressive new novel, containing dreams and
fantasy between a ship's flanks...is, in the most etymological way,
a wonderful novel: one full of wonders
*Daily Telegraph*
Atmospheric, elegiac and at times, like Ondaatje's most famous
novel, The English Patient, unbearably poignant
*Tatler*
In Booker Prize-winning Ondaatje's latest novel, 11-year-old Michael is put aboard a ship traveling from Sri Lanka to England in the 1950s. Ostensibly under the supervision of a relative, he in fact is on his own to roam with the young companions he meets at the "cat's table," the table farthest from the captain in the dining room. He and two other unsupervised boys have the run of the craft, where many unexplained and exotic things take place. Ultimately, they learn the hard way that their seemingly innocent actions have unintended consequences. VERDICT Ondaatje does an excellent job of narrating; his reading is polished, using the first-person narrative very effectively. Recommended for the author's fans and for literary fiction readers. ["Ondaatje turns in a quietly enthralling work. Highly recommended," read the starred review of the New York Times best-selling Knopf hc, LJ 7/11.-Ed.]-Mary Knapp, Madison P.L., WI (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
One of the most admirable and enthralling literary novels of the
year * Daily Mail *
Extraordinary * Guardian *
Superbly poised between the magic of innocence and the melancholy
of experience * The Economist *
Michael Ondaatje's impressive new novel, containing dreams and
fantasy between a ship's flanks...is, in the most etymological way,
a wonderful novel: one full of wonders -- Philip Hensher * Daily
Telegraph *
Atmospheric, elegiac and at times, like Ondaatje's most famous
novel, The English Patient, unbearably poignant -- Sebastian
Shakespeare * Tatler *
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