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Running in the Family

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Running in the Family
Running in the Family

Evocative memoir of nostalgia, family myths, Sri Lanka.

"Running in the Family" is more than just a memoir; it's a poetic journey through the vibrant and tumultuous landscape of Ondaatje's heritage. If you're drawn to the spellbinding interweaving of personal anecdote and the allure of a lost world, this piece promises to immerse you in the warmth and complexity of Sri Lankan culture and history, all painted with the masterful strokes of Ondaatje's luminous prose. It's as if you're walking alongside him, experiencing the echoes of a bygone era through a family's legacy and the island's enduring spirit.

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Running in the Family

by Michael Ondaatje
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ISBN: 9780679746690
Authors: Michael Ondaatje
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 1993-11-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Travelogue, Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 3.83
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In the late 1970s, Michael Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. Recording his journey through the druglike heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India," Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. It is a story of broken engagements and drunken suicide attempts, of parties where exquisitely dressed couples tango in the jungle, a tale whose actors pursue lives of Baudelairean excess with impeccable decorum. Lyrical and witty, tragic and deliciously romantic, Running in the Family is an inspired marriage of travel narrative and family memoir by one of our most eloquent and poetic writers.
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Evocative memoir of nostalgia, family myths, Sri Lanka.

"Running in the Family" is more than just a memoir; it's a poetic journey through the vibrant and tumultuous landscape of Ondaatje's heritage. If you're drawn to the spellbinding interweaving of personal anecdote and the allure of a lost world, this piece promises to immerse you in the warmth and complexity of Sri Lankan culture and history, all painted with the masterful strokes of Ondaatje's luminous prose. It's as if you're walking alongside him, experiencing the echoes of a bygone era through a family's legacy and the island's enduring spirit.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.