Ondaatje in The Skin Of A Lion

Ondaatje, Michael. IN THE SKIN OF A LION. A Novel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. ISBN: 0-394-56363-8

SIGNED BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE - Octavo, light brown boards backed in blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket illustration is designed by Bascove. 243 & [1] pages. A red remainder mark is penned on the bottom edge of the book. Else, near fine. <p>First American edition. Signed in ink by Michael Ondaatje on a tipped-in leaf.

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Michael Ondaatje: In the Skin of the Lion, London, Markham, Ontario: Penguin, 1988 1988

Mass Market Paperback. First Penguin. 7 x 4 1/4. ISBN:014-011450-5. 244 pp. Ondaatje is one of Canada's most highly regarded writers. In the skin of a lion blends history, lore, poetry, love , passion and power - a brilliantly crafted book. Some consider it his best book. Set in the Toronto of the 20s and 30s. Our copy has a crease front lower right corner of cover; slight wear to edges, otherwise unmarred. Very clean. No former owner's name. Tight and bright. A nice copy of Ondaatje's beautiful work. Overall cond: v. good

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ONDAATJE, MICHAEL. In The Skin Of A Lion. Penguin, Markham: 1988. ISBN: 0140114505

244 pages. Reflective and tender, muscular and erotic, In the Skin of a Lion weaves real and invented histories with a moving love story. Set in the Toronto of the 1920s and 1930s, both the harsh world of labor and the magical theater of the human heart are hauntingly entwined. Softcover. Clean reading copy. Gift inscription appears on title page.

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ONDAATJE, MICHAEL. The English Patient. Vintage, November 30, 19. ; weicher Einband / soft cover ISBN: 0-679-74520-3
Haunting and harrowing, as beautiful as it is disturbing, The English Patie nt tells the story of the entanglement of four damaged lives in an Italian monastery as World War II ends. The exhausted nurse, Hana; the maimed thief , Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the En glish patient, the nameless, burn victim who lies in an upstairs room and w hose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue illuminate this book like fl ashes of heat lightning. In lyrical prose informed by a poetic consciousnes s, Michael Ondaatje weaves these characters together, pulls them tight, the n unravels the threads with unsettling acumen. A book that binds readers of great literature, The English Patient garnered the Booker Prize for author Ondaatje. The poet and novelist has also written In the Skin of a Lion, Coming Through Slaughter and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid; two collections of poems, The Cinnamon Peeler and There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do; and a memoir, Running in the Family..

Paperback, Near Fine.

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