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050 _aPR9199.3.O5
082 _a818.5409
100 1 _aMichael Ondaatje
245 1 _aRunning in the Family
260 _bVintage
300 _a208 pages
520 _aIn 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.
650 _aBiography
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