Ondaatje, Michael 1943-
Overview
| Works: | 625 works in 3,174 publications in 23 languages and 63,296 library holdings |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Fiction Historical fiction Psychological fiction Drama Bildungsromans War fiction Action and adventure fiction Sea stories Film adaptations Poetry |
| Roles: | Author, Narrator, Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, Creator, Signer, Other, Photographer, Author of introduction, wst, Contributor, Interviewer, Interviewee |
| Classifications: | PR9199.3.O5, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Michael Ondaatje
- The English patient by Anthony Minghella( Visual )
- Running in the family by Michael Ondaatje( Book )
- Discoveries of the other : alterity in the work of Leonard Cohen, Hubert Aquin, Michael Ondaatje, and Nicole Brossard by Winfried Siemerling( )
- Ragas of longing : the poetry of Michael Ondaatje by Sam Solecki( )
- Not needing all the words : Michael Ondaatje's literature of silence by Annick Hillger( )
- Rewriting apocalypse in Canadian fiction by Marlene Goldman( )
- Michael Ondaatje by Lee Spinks( )
- Michael Ondaatje by Douglas Barbour( Book )
- Ways of being free : authenticity and community in selected works of Rushdie, Ondaatje, and Okri by Adnan Mahmutović( )
- Michael Ondaatje : haptic aesthetics and micropolitical writing by Milena Marinkova( )
- Comparative cultural studies and Michael Ondaatje's writing by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek( )
- Writing within/without/about Sri Lanka : discourses of cartography, history and translation in selected works by Michael Ondaatje and Carl Muller by Paolo Brusasco( )
- Spider blues : essays on Michael Ondaatje( Book )
- Cosmopolitan fictions : ethics, politics, and global change in the works of Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Ondaatje, Jamaica Kincaid, and J.M. Coetzee by Katherine Stanton( Book )
- Michael Ondaatje : express yourself beautifully by Ed Jewinski( Book )
- Travel writing and the transnational author by Sam Knowles( Book )
- Michael Ondaatje : word, image, imagination by Leslie Mundwiler( Book )
- Vintage Ondaatje by Michael Ondaatje( Book )
- The other side of dailiness : photography in the works of Alice Munro, Timothy Findley, Michael Ondaatje, and Margaret Laurence by Lorraine Mary York( Book )
- Running in the family by Michael Ondaatje( Recording )
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Most widely held works by
Michael Ondaatje
The English patient : a novel by
Michael Ondaatje(
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376 editions published between 1992 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 7,367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After a badly burned pilot is pulled from the wreckage of his plane in the Sahara Desert, he's placed in the care of an army nurse and identified only as "the English patient". As his memory slowly returns, a passionate and consuming love affair with a married woman is unveiled, and lives from both the past and the present become inextricably altered
376 editions published between 1992 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 7,367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After a badly burned pilot is pulled from the wreckage of his plane in the Sahara Desert, he's placed in the care of an army nurse and identified only as "the English patient". As his memory slowly returns, a passionate and consuming love affair with a married woman is unveiled, and lives from both the past and the present become inextricably altered
Anil's ghost by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
)
125 editions published between 2000 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 4,295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The time is our own time. The place is Sri Lanka, the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, off the southern tip of India, a country steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition--and forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war and the consequences of a country divided against itself. Into this maelstrom steps a young woman, Anil Tessera, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island
125 editions published between 2000 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 4,295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The time is our own time. The place is Sri Lanka, the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, off the southern tip of India, a country steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition--and forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war and the consequences of a country divided against itself. Into this maelstrom steps a young woman, Anil Tessera, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island
The cat's table by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
)
97 editions published between 2010 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 4,051 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--As far from the Captain's Table as can be--with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: one man talks with them about jazz and women, another opens the door to the world of literature. The narrator's elusive, beautiful cousin Emily becomes his confidante, allowing him to see himself "with a distant eye" for the first time, and to feel the first stirring of desire. Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems. And very late every night, the boys spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and his fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. As the narrative moves between the decks and holds of the ship and the boy's adult years, it tells a spellbinding story--by turns poignant and electrifying--about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage
97 editions published between 2010 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 4,051 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--As far from the Captain's Table as can be--with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: one man talks with them about jazz and women, another opens the door to the world of literature. The narrator's elusive, beautiful cousin Emily becomes his confidante, allowing him to see himself "with a distant eye" for the first time, and to feel the first stirring of desire. Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems. And very late every night, the boys spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and his fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. As the narrative moves between the decks and holds of the ship and the boy's adult years, it tells a spellbinding story--by turns poignant and electrifying--about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage
Divisadero by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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120 editions published between 2007 and 2017 in 18 languages and held by 3,439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fleeing the violence that destroyed her family, Anna finds refuge in south-central France, in an isolated house once occupied by a writer, while she struggles to reconcile the past and present, the demands of family, love, and memory
120 editions published between 2007 and 2017 in 18 languages and held by 3,439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fleeing the violence that destroyed her family, Anna finds refuge in south-central France, in an isolated house once occupied by a writer, while she struggles to reconcile the past and present, the demands of family, love, and memory
In the skin of a lion : a novel by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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126 editions published between 1987 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 2,506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient
126 editions published between 1987 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 2,506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient
Coming through slaughter by
Michael Ondaatje(
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87 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,827 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of jazz musician, Buddy Bolden, and New Orleans in 1900
87 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,827 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of jazz musician, Buddy Bolden, and New Orleans in 1900
The collected works of Billy the Kid by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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89 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,679 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Bonney a.k.a. "Billy the Kid," killed his first man when he was twelve. By the time he was twenty-one he had, by his own reckoning, slain 19 more. In the intervening years he had become "Billy the Kid," bloodthirsty ogre and outlaw saint. Michael Ondaatje traces Billy's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880 New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country
89 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,679 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Bonney a.k.a. "Billy the Kid," killed his first man when he was twelve. By the time he was twenty-one he had, by his own reckoning, slain 19 more. In the intervening years he had become "Billy the Kid," bloodthirsty ogre and outlaw saint. Michael Ondaatje traces Billy's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880 New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country
Warlight by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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18 editions published between 2018 and 2019 in English and held by 1,506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just after World War II, 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time
18 editions published between 2018 and 2019 in English and held by 1,506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just after World War II, 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time
The conversations : Walter Murch and the art of editing film by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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60 editions published between 2002 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Conversations, over the course of a year, between the author and Walter Murch
60 editions published between 2002 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Conversations, over the course of a year, between the author and Walter Murch
The cinnamon peeler : selected poems by
Michael Ondaatje(
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53 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Michael Ondaatje's new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist. -- from publisher description
53 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Michael Ondaatje's new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist. -- from publisher description
The cat's table by
Michael Ondaatje(
Recording
)
18 editions published between 2011 and 2015 in English and held by 936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--As far from the Captain's Table as can be, with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys. As the ship makes its way into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another
18 editions published between 2011 and 2015 in English and held by 936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--As far from the Captain's Table as can be, with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys. As the ship makes its way into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another
Handwriting : poems by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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14 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of poems by a Canadian writer from Sri Lanka. In The First Rule of Sinhalese Architecture, he writes: "Never build three doors / in a straight line / A devil might rush / through them /deep into your house, / into your life."
14 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of poems by a Canadian writer from Sri Lanka. In The First Rule of Sinhalese Architecture, he writes: "Never build three doors / in a straight line / A devil might rush / through them /deep into your house, / into your life."
The English patient by
Michael Ondaatje(
Recording
)
57 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in English and Danish and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Four damaged lives come together during the aftermath of World War II in an abandoned villa in Italy
57 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in English and Danish and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Four damaged lives come together during the aftermath of World War II in an abandoned villa in Italy
The English patient by
Anthony Minghella(
Visual
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114 editions published between 1995 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 810 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. Best Picture, Best Director-Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Binoche. Includes exclusive bonus material and special packaging
114 editions published between 1995 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 810 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. Best Picture, Best Director-Anthony Minghella, and Best Supporting Actress-Juliette Binoche. Includes exclusive bonus material and special packaging
Divisadero by
Michael Ondaatje(
Recording
)
34 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 778 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In California, then the Nevada casino's, 1970 a makeshift family of a father, daughter, adopted daughter and farm hand's lives are shattered by a traumatic event and they are sent off on separate courses
34 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 778 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In California, then the Nevada casino's, 1970 a makeshift family of a father, daughter, adopted daughter and farm hand's lives are shattered by a traumatic event and they are sent off on separate courses
From Ink Lake : an anthology of Canadian short stories by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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34 editions published between 1990 and 1995 in English and held by 742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This highly acclaimed anthology is an unexpected and discerning mix of traditional short stories and untraditional tales, as selected by one of Canada's most beloved writers, Michael Ondaatje. He has chosen 49 stories by a wide array of writers including Alistair MacLeod, Margaret Laurence, Carol Shields, Dionne Brand, Mavis Gallant, Stephen Leacock, Glenn Gould, Alice Munro, Rohinton Mistry, David Adams Richards and many more. Full of diversity and surprise, these writings reveal the geographical, emotional and literary range of the country. Above all, Michael Ondaatje's personal selection offers good reading and great entertainment
34 editions published between 1990 and 1995 in English and held by 742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This highly acclaimed anthology is an unexpected and discerning mix of traditional short stories and untraditional tales, as selected by one of Canada's most beloved writers, Michael Ondaatje. He has chosen 49 stories by a wide array of writers including Alistair MacLeod, Margaret Laurence, Carol Shields, Dionne Brand, Mavis Gallant, Stephen Leacock, Glenn Gould, Alice Munro, Rohinton Mistry, David Adams Richards and many more. Full of diversity and surprise, these writings reveal the geographical, emotional and literary range of the country. Above all, Michael Ondaatje's personal selection offers good reading and great entertainment
There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do : poems, 1963-1978 by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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25 editions published between 1978 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ondaatje is obsessed with the relationship and interdependence of the worlds of man and nature. Winner of the 1979 Governor General's Award for Poetry
25 editions published between 1978 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ondaatje is obsessed with the relationship and interdependence of the worlds of man and nature. Winner of the 1979 Governor General's Award for Poetry
Anil's ghost by
Michael Ondaatje(
Recording
)
38 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When bodies are discovered on the island of Sri Lanka, Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, is sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island
38 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When bodies are discovered on the island of Sri Lanka, Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, is sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island
Lost classics by
Michael Ondaatje(
Book
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23 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and held by 614 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of essays from leading writers on books, "that have inspired and influenced, but are no longer available, hard to find, or sadly under-appreciated."
23 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and held by 614 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of essays from leading writers on books, "that have inspired and influenced, but are no longer available, hard to find, or sadly under-appreciated."
Paris stories by
Mavis Gallant(
Book
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8 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and held by 544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker for close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's new selection of Gallant's work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times"--Publisher's description
8 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and held by 544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker for close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's new selection of Gallant's work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times"--Publisher's description
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- Minghella, Anthony Performer Scenarist Restager Director Author of screenplay Film editor Author
- Fiennes, Ralph Narrator Performer Actor
- Billy the Kid
- Scott-Thomas, Kristin 1960- Performer Actor
- Zaentz, Saul Producer
- Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Solecki, Sam 1946- Author Editor
- Cohen, Leonard 1934-2016
- Findley, Timothy 1930-2002
- Bolden, Buddy 1877-1931
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Michael Ondaatje Canadees auteur
Michael Ondaatje canadisk poet
Michael Ondaatje écrivain canadien
Michael Ondaatje escriptor canadenc
Michael Ondaatje escritor canadiense
Michael Ondaatje Kanada kirjanik
Michael Ondaatje kanada verkisto
Michael Ondaatje kanadensisk poet
Michael Ondaatje kanadischer Schriftsteller
Michael Ondaatje kanadisk poet
Michael Ondaatje kanadsko-srílanský prozaik a básník
Michael Ondaatje scriitor canadian
Michael Ondaatje scrittore singalese
Ondaatje, Michael
Ondaatje, Philip Michael.
Ondaatje, Philip Michael 1943-
Ondatje, Maikls 1943-
Ondaṭyeh, Maiḳl 1943-
Ondatže, Majkl 1943-
Uwndātǧī, Māykil 1943-
Майкл Ондатже
Майкъл Ондатджи
Ондатже, Майкл
מייקל אונדאטג'
מייקל אונדאצ'י סופר קנדי
مایکل اونداده
මයිකල් ඔන්ඩාජේ
마이클 온다체
온다치, 마이클 1943-
オンダーチェ, マイケル
マイケル・オンダーチェ
麥可·翁達傑
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