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"The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" is a 1970 poetry collection by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje, who later wrote "The English Patient." The work blends verse, prose, fictionalized interviews, and photographs to reimagine the life and death of the American frontier outlaw Billy the Kid (Henry...
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Governor General's Award winner and postmodern classic, acclaimed for genre blending, visual invention, violence, and mythmaking.
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"There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do" is a poetry collection by Sri Lankan-Canadian author Michael Ondaatje, published in 1979. The work won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry, firmly establishing Ondaatje's reputation as a significant literary figure. The poems wit...
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Influential selected volume displaying Ondaatje's surreal imagery and cinematic energy, though deliberately fragmented and uneven across periods.
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"Secular Love" is a 1984 poetry collection by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje, who would later gain international acclaim for his novel "The English Patient." The collection exemplifies Ondaatje's fragmented, lyrical style and explores themes of romantic relationships, heartbreak, and personal iden...
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Strong, sensuous collection admired for fragmented autobiography, love poems, and formal mobility, though less canonical than Billy the Kid.
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"Handwriting" is a book of poetry published in 1998 by the Canadian author Michael Ondaatje, who is also known for his Booker Prize-winning novel "The English Patient." The collection explores themes related to the history, landscape, and culture of Sri Lanka, incorporating imagistic references to a...
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Lushly imagistic return to Sri Lankan history and landscape, praised for atmosphere while criticized for aestheticizing political suffering.
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