Anil's Ghost - (Vintage International) by Michael Ondaatje (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Now in paperback, "Anil's Ghost" transports readers to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late 20th century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman 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. "Incandescent . . . an indelible novel of dangerous beauty".--"USA Today".<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed <b>The English Patient</b>, 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. <p/><b>Anil's Ghost</b> 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, <b>Anil's Ghost</b> is a literary spellbinder-Michael Ondaatje's most powerful novel yet.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Gorgeously exotic.... As he did in <b>The English Patient</b>, Mr. Ondaatje is able to commingle anguish and seductiveness in fierce, unexpected ways."-<i>The New York Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Michael Ondaatje is the author of three previous novels, a memoir and eleven books of poetry. His novel <b>The English Patient</b> won the Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, he moved to Canada in 1962 and now lives in Toronto.
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