Grasping Ondaatje

  • Joan Elizabeth von Memerty
    Michael Ondaatje: Distance, Clarity, and Ghosts. An Analysis of Ondaatje's Writing Techniques Against a Background of War and Buddhist Philosophy. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
  • Lee Spinks
    Michael Ondaatje. Manchester University Press
Reviewed by Sofie De Smyter
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This review “Grasping Ondaatje” originally appeared in Queerly Canadian. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 205 (Summer 2010): 192-193.

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