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Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje
With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, 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. Anil’s Ghost 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, Anil’s Ghost is a literary spellbinder–Michael Ondaatje’s most powerful novel yet. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Texreader
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Librarybelle I‘ll be interested in your thoughts on this one 4y
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rachaich
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Bailedbailed

I read to page 200. I struggled. I couldn't keep track of time or characters, or maybe didn't feel enough for them...
I rarely bail..but...

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rachaich
Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje
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Interested to start this. Set in Sri Lanka about a woman who returns there as a forensic anthropologist.

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KellyHunsakerReads
Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje
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#AlanCumming reads beautifully! This one is set in Sri Lanka. #ReadingTheWorld

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squirrelbrain
Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje
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#donthauntthisplace

#timbittunes

I haven‘t read this yet -it‘s on my TBR shelves. Has anyone else read it?

Cinfhen He‘s meant to be a brilliant author 6y
Centique I read it a long time ago and liked it. Although I just had a look at the plot on Wikipedia and I‘d forgotten half of it! I should reread it, sounds like the parts about Sri Lankan history went over my head the first time. 6y
TheKidUpstairs I haven't read this one. I find Ondaatje can be hit or miss, my favourite is 6y
Melissa_J I read it several years ago, and remember liking it well enough. My favourite of his novels is The English Patient. 6y
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TrishB
All Points North | Simon Armitage
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#funfunfun #rockinmay
@Cinfhen
I'm not sure how funny this would be if you aren't from northern parts of England, lived there or were close to someone from there. Other than that it's hilarious 😂 I brought this on a particularly awful holiday and it still made me laugh!

Cinfhen The cover is hilarious 😂 7y
TrishB @Cinfhen literally my Nan and Grandad 😂 7y
Cinfhen Baahaaa 🤣🤣🤣 7y
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brilliantglow
Anil's Ghost | Michael Ondaatje
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#readjanuary #titlewithapropername I haven't had the chance to read this one yet.

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KVanRead
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#octphotochallenge This is a more serious take on #ghostorwitch but this is a beautiful, lyrical book by one of my favorite authors. @LibrarianRyan

BarbaraTheBibliophage I love his writing! I'm trying to recall if I've actually read this one or not. Sounds like it's time for a read / reread! 8y
KVanRead @BarbaraTheBibliophage I read it so long ago I really only remember that I loved the writing. I had to go and look it up to remind myself of the plot!😂 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage That's about where I am, but I still don't know for sure if I read it. #bibliophageproblems #badmemory 8y
KVanRead @BarbaraTheBibliophage haha! Yup, have definitely been there. 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage 📚😎 8y
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