{"product_id":"handwriting-paperback","title":"Handwriting - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Ondaatje\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tumultuous, vibrant, tragic and over too soon.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/b\u003e is Michael Ondaatje's first new book of poetry since \u003cb\u003eThe Cinnamon Peeler\u003c\/b\u003e. The exquisite poems collected here draw on history, mythology, landscape, and personal memories to weave a rich tapestry of images that reveal the longing for--and expose the anguish over--lost loves, homes, and language, as the poet contemplates scents and gestures and evokes a time when \"handwriting occurred on waves, \/ on leaves, the scripts of smoke\" and remembers a woman's \"laughter with its \/ intake of breath. Uhh huh.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrafted with lyrical delicacy and seductive power, \u003cb\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/b\u003e reminds us of Michael Ondaatje's stature as one of the finest poets writing today.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTumultuous, vibrant, tragic and over too soon. --\"Newsday \u003cbr\u003eHandwriting is Michael Ondaatje's first new book of poetry since The Cinnamon Peeler. The exquisite poems collected here draw on history, mythology, landscape, and personal memories to weave a rich tapestry of images that reveal the longing for--and expose the anguish over--lost loves, homes, and language, as the poet contemplates scents and gestures and evokes a time when \"handwriting occurred on waves, \/ on leaves, the scripts of smoke\" and remembers a woman's \"laughter with its \/ intake of breath. Uhh huh.\" \u003cbr\u003eCrafted with lyrical delicacy and seductive power, Handwriting reminds us of Michael Ondaatje's stature as one of the finest poets writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exquisite poems collected in Handwriting -- Michael Ondaatje's first book of new poems since The Cinnamon Peeler -- recall \"the vista of a life\". Drawing on history, mythology, landscape, and personal memories of Sri Lank, Ondaatje weaves a rich tapestry of images that evoke desire for -- and anguish over -- scents and gestures of lost loves, homes, and language. The verses, at turns spare and luminous, demonstrate the poet's unique artistry as he contemplates \"the mirror world of art\" in a time before books, when \"handwriting occurred on waves, \/ on leaves, the scripts of smoke\", recounts medieval monks \"burying the Buddha in stone\" amid the battle fire of war, and remembers a woman's \"laughter with its\/ intake of breath. Uhh huh\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrafted with lyrical delicacy and seductive power, Handwriting reminds us of Michael Ondaatje's stature as one of the finest poets writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Ondaatje is the author of three previous novels, a memoir and eleven books of poetry. His novel \u003cb\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/b\u003e won the Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, he moved to Canada in 1962 and now lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.11 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759201321248,"sku":"9780375705410","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0fc1e637e5c91e8d17dd4af1d0f413e6.webp?v=1780145257","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/handwriting-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}