New Releases by Michael Ondaatje

Roman med baggrund i borgerkrigen på Sri Lanka. Den kvindelige retsmediciner Anil Tissera kommer efter uddannelse i vesten for første gang tilbage til sin fødeø. Hun er udsendt af FN for at undersøge en lang række bortførelser og mord

With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Booker Prize—winning author Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing. Anil’s Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past–a story propelled by a riveting mystery. Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka’s landscape and ancient civilization, Anil’s Ghost is a literary spellbinder–Michael Ondaatje’s most powerful novel yet.

Der Zufall verschlägt 4 Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft gegen Ende des 2. Weltkrieges in eine zerbomte Villa in der Toskana und verbindet sie zu einer Notgemeinschaft

Quelque part en Italie, à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans une villa transformée en hôpital militaire, Hana, une jeune infirmière, veille sur son unique patient : un aviateur anglais atrocement brûlé lors d''un accident dans le Sahara.

Numa vila italiana abandonada, durante os últimos momentos da Segunda Guerra, quatro pessoas se encontram. Michael Ondaatje nos apresenta uma a uma. Vamos conhecendo suas feições, suas origens e, sutilmente, o autor vai nos abrindo seus segredos, levando-nos através de suas memórias como através dos corredores de uma casa secreta. Cena após cena vamos reconstruindo o mosaico das quatro histórias, e acompanhando o encontro delas no cotidiano da Villa San Girolamo.

This highly acclaimed anthology is an unexpected and discerning mix of traditional short stories and untraditional tales, as selected by one of Canada''s most beloved writers, Michael Ondaatje. He has chosen 49 stories by a wide array of writers including Alistair MacLeod, Margaret Laurence, Carol Shields, Dionne Brand, Mavis Gallant, Stephen Leacock, Glenn Gould, Alice Munro, Rohinton Mistry, David Adams Richards and many more. Full of diversity and surprise, these writings reveal the geographical, emotional and literary range of the country. Above all, Michael Ondaatje''s personal selection offers good reading and great entertainment.