Michael Ondaatje: Distance, Clarity and Ghosts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639129519)

Michael Ondaatje, a celebrated author and poet, has a distinct writing technique of interest to students of literature as well as writers of fiction. He manipulates reader participation with continual changes of focus, alternating between distance and Zen-like moments of clarity. Ghosts and a Buddhist sense of detachment invest his texts with a poetic sense of romance and intrigue. Taking the backdrop of war in Sri Lanka from the novel Anil's Ghost and selected poems from Handwriting. Joan von Memerty's critical analysis of Ondaatje's techniques concentrates on the aspect that, given the transience of nature, conflict is irrelevant with the passing of time.

Author: Joan Elizabeth Von Memerty
ISBN-10: 3639129512
ISBN-13: 9783639129519
Publisher: VDM Verlag
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d