In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

In 1988 Michael Ondaatje was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) and two years later became a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It was also a finalist for the 1987 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction. Ondaatje has, since the 1960s, also been involved with Toronto's influential Coach House Books, supporting the independent small press by working as a poetry editor.

In the Skin of a Lion won the first Canada Reads competition in 2002, when it was defended by Steven Page. In the course of his adventures, Patricks life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatjes Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. Here we encounter Hana the orphaned girl and Caravaggio the thief for the first time, as well as a large cast of other characters, all lovingly and intimately portrayed. This is a haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams - sometimes even to murder. In the Skin of a Lion is Michael Ondaatjes sparkling predecessor to his Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and those who dreamed it into being: the politically powerful, the anarchists, bridge builders and tunnellers, a vanished millionaire and his mistress, a rescued nun and a thief who leads a charmed life. Its loosely chronological narrative offers a patchwork of vivid. In the Skin of a Lion Michael Ondaatje McClelland & Stewart, Fiction - 256 pages 27 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its.

In the Skin of a Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the 20s and 30s. Contains copies of four Michael Ondaatje The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Running in the Family, In the Skin of a Lion, and The Cinnamon Peeler. The novel was written by Canadian-Sri Lankan author Michael Ondaatje and published in 1987. 75 facts you might not know about Michael Ondaatje.The great Canadian reading list: 150 books to read for Canada 150.

In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje