The Cat's Table

Informationen zum Autor Michael Ondaatje is the author of seven novels; a memoir, Running in the Family ; a non-fiction book on film, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film ; and several books of poetry, including The Cinnamon Peeler and Handwriting . The English Patient received the Booker Prize in 1992 and the Golden Man Booker in 2018, and was made into a film directed by Anthony Minghella. Anil’s Ghost was awarded the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Giller Prize and the Prix Médicis. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto. Klappentext The latest novel from the author of "The English Patient" and "In The Skin Of A Lion". Follows a boy's life-changing journey from Ceylon to England in the 1950s. 'Grave and playful at the same time! beautifully written and moving' "The Times" Zusammenfassung From the acclaimed author of The English Patient comes a stunningly beautiful novel about a boy's life-changing journey from Ceylon to England in the 1950s. What had there been before such a ship in my life?

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One of the most admirable and enthralling literary novels of the year Daily Mail

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ondaatje
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9780099554424
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955442-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, Sri Lanka, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Sea Stories, Historical adventure fiction, c 1950 to c 1959, Oceans and seas, Oceans & seas, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), C 1945 To C 1960