The Worlds of Michael Ondaatje: Essays

David Staines’s The Worlds of Michael Ondaatje introduces a wide-ranging exploration of the life and work of one of today’s most original literary figures.

Opening with Ondaatje’s Golden Man Booker Prize win for The English Patient, the book traces the author’s remarkable life—from his Sri Lankan childhood and English schooling to his creative awakening in Canada—and his evolution as poet, novelist, filmmaker, and editor. Twenty-two distinguished scholars and writers examine the breadth of ...