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Michael Ondaatje's poems have been celebrated by readers and writers alike for containing some of the most memorable and moving verse written in the past half-century. The Story combines Ondaatje's sensual writing with watercolor

Book DescriptionIn his novels, poetry, and memoirs, Booker Prize winner Michael Ondaatje moves from the blasted landscape of Billy the Kid in 1880s New Mexico to the New Orleans jazz world of the legendary Buddy Bolden at the turn of the century,

Seventy-four distinguished writers tell personal tales of books loved and lost–great books overlooked, under-read, out of print, stolen, scorned, extinct, or otherwise out of commission. Compiled by the editors of Brick: A Literary Magazine, Lost Classics is a reader’s delight: an intriguing and entertaining collection of eulogies for lost books. As the editors have written in a joint introduct...

During the filming of his celebrated novel THE ENGLISH PATIENT, Michael Ondaatje became increasingly fascinated as he watched the veteran editor Walter Murch at work. THE CONVERSATIONS, which grew out of discussions between the two men, is about the craft of filmmaking and deals with every aspect of film, from the first stage of script writing to the final stage of the sound mix. Walter Murch emer...

The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through. It was on the set of the movie adaptation of his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, that Michael Ondaa...

В песках пустыни бедуины находят обгоревшего летчика. Он не помнит своего имени, не знает, кто он и как сюда попал. Бедуины спасают ему жизнь, но теперь он мало похож на человека - его тело покрыто обуглившейся кожей, а лицо невозможно узнать. Для всех он просто "английский пациент", - человек без лица и без имени. После переправки в разрушенную войной Европу, английский пациент оказывается на за...

Впервые на русском — новый роман от автора «Английского пациента», удивительного бестселлера, который покорил читателей всех континентов, был отмечен самой престижной в англоязычном мире Букеровской премией и послужил основой знаменитого кинофильма, получившего девять «Оскаров». Снова перед нами тонкая и поэтичная история любви, вернее — целых три истории, бесконечно увлекательных и резонирующих н...

1945. Лондон до сих пор не может оправиться от войны. Родители оставили 14-летнего Натаниела и его старшую сестру Рэчел на попечение загадочному человеку по прозвищу Мотылек. Они подозревают, что он преступник, и все больше в этом убеждаются, узнавая его эксцентричных друзей: мужчин и женщин, которых что-то связывает в прошлом и которые теперь хотят опекать юных героев. Но кто они на самом деле? П...

Many readers still claim this haunting, atmospheric novel of Michael Ondaatje's as their first love - a novel as sensual and erotic today as ever it was. At the turn of the century, the Storyville district of New Orleans had some 2000 prostitutes, 70 professional gamblers, and 30 piano players. But it had only one man who played the cornet like Buddy Bolden - he who cut hair by day at N. Jose...

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.