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Running in the Family is a fictionalized memoir, written in post-modern style involving aspects of magic realism, by Michael Ondaatje. It deals with his return to his native island of Sri Lanka , also called Ceylon, in the late 1970s.
The memoir begins with a nightmare that Ondaatje has while living in Canada about his father, Mervyn. In the dream, Mervyn is surrounded by vicious, thrashing dogs in the jungle. When Ondaatje wakes, he realizes that he does not know who his father truly was, or much about his family history at all.
Jan 1, 1982 · In Running in the Family, he returns as an adult to try and learn about the extended family he left behind. The book combines pieces of prose and poetry to form a partially fictionalised, dream-like picture of Sri Lanka weaving between time, place and person.
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- Michael Ondaatje
Nov 30, 1993 · "Running in the Family" is an impressionistically written and reflective memoir of Michael Ondaatje's eccentric Ceylonese family. The book begins with a series of disjointed stories about Ondaatje's parents and grandparents.
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Aug 9, 2011 · Rich with eccentric characters and captivating stories, and set against the exotic landscape of a colonial empire in decline, Running in the Family is Ondaatje’s unforgettable journey...
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- Michael Ondaatje
- Knopf Canada, 2011
Jan 1, 1984 · "Running in the Family" is an impressionistically written and reflective memoir of Michael Ondaatje's eccentric Ceylonese family. The book begins with a series of disjointed stories about Ondaatje's parents and grandparents.
- Paperback
- Michael Ondaatje
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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.
