Peace, wisdom, simplicity

Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian poet, novelist and film-maker, born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1943. He has published seven novels and a number of poetry collections, and won the Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel, The English Patient. Set in Italy during the Second World War, the novel interweaves the stories of four disparate characters as they try to make sense of their broken lives. The novel addresses questions of identity and character, and the context in which this is judged, as well as issues of race, ownership and boundaries, and the importance of stories. Join me for this fascinating 3-week course!