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Sep 18, 2024 | 
hoerzu.at | Anthony Minghella |Michael Ondaatje
» Preisgekröntes Epos, Taschentuchalarm! «BeschreibungDie Krankenschwester Hana bleibt nach dem Abzug ihrer Kolleginnnen mit einem schwer verbrannten und transportunfähigen Patienten in einem verlassenen italienischen Kloster zurück. Der Mann leidet an Amnesie, und da nichts über seine Identität bekannt ist, hat man ihn den "englischen Patienten" genannt. Im Angesicht des Todes beginnt der Patient sich an seine große Liebe Katharine zu erinnern.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Bloomsbury Publishing |Anne Michaels |Michael Ondaatje
1917. On a battlefield near the River Escaut, John lies injured in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory – a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a winter night, his childhood on a faraway coast – as the snow falls. 1920. John has returned from war to North Yorkshire, near another river – alive, but not still whole.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Michael Ondaatje
IdeasIn the 5th century BCE Herodotus travelled his ancient world gathering stories. One of his many prescient observations was how given the right circumstances a political strongman can emerge and seize control. It turns out the playbook on authoritarianism remains pretty much the same after nearly 3,000 years.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
todayschronic.com | Michael Ondaatje
Today is Thursday, Sept. 12, the 256th day of 2024. There are 110 days left in the year. Today in history:On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
orlandosentinel.com | Michael Ondaatje
Today is Thursday, Sept. 12, the 256th day of 2024. There are 110 days left in the year. Today in history:On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
vancouverisawesome.com | Michael Ondaatje
Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 12:Canadian boxing champion George Chuvalo is 87. Actress Linda Gray ("Dallas") is 84. Soprano Joan Patenaude is 83. Singer Maria Muldaur is 82. Author Michael Ondaatje is 81. Actor Joe Pantoliano ("The Sopranos") is 73. Singer-guitarist Gerry Beckley of America is 72. Original MTV VJ Nina Blackwood is 72. Composer Hans Zimmer is 67. Actress Rachel Ward is 67. Actress Amy Yasbeck ("Wings," ''Life on a Stick") is 62. Bassist Norwood Fisher of Fishbone is 59. Actor Darren E.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Michael Ondaatje |Cormac McCarthy |Annie Proulx |Hernan Diaz |Hernán Cortés Díaz
recommended by Susan Kollin by the interviewee A History of Western American Literature ed.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
themonthly.com.au | Michael Williams |Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje joins Read This for a conversation about A Year of Last Things and why writing remains such a joyful act of discovery. Sri Lankan-born Canadian essayist, poet, and Booker Prize-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje has just released a stunning collection of poems. Ondaatje is now 80 years old and it’s almost half a century since he published his first novel; even longer since he first published poetry.
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May 16, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Iona Whishaw |Waubgeshig Rice |John Vaillant |Michael Ondaatje
BooksHere are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from May 5-11, 2024. CBC Books · Posted: May 16, 2024 9:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes agoHere are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from May 5-11, 2024. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores. Canadian fictionThis Summer Will Be Different is a novel by Carley Fortune.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Patricia Highsmith |Michael Ondaatje |Anthony Minghella |Rumer Godden
Before we get to your choices, tell me about the connection between books and films. Why are so many of the movies that I end up watching on Netflix or at the cinema based on books? I think that cinema is, in many ways, a predatory thief. It searches for material and though it can be original and quite wonderful it isn’t always. It seems to me that even novelists are thieves, seeking stories from the past. Historical fiction is one example.
