In the Skin of a Lion
A Novel
by Michael Ondaatje
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This novel about an immigrant's surreal adventures in Toronto includes characters who reappear in Ondaatje's novel THE ENGLISH PATIENT: the orphan Hana and the thief Caravaggio.
Editions of In the Skin of a Lion
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 1997 |
Price $5.00 |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1989 |
Price $1.00 |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 1987 |
Price $17.50 |
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Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher Random House |
Date 1995 |
Price None Available |
Media Reviews
"Ondaatje's novels fasciante me because as his stories develop, layers fall away from his characters as if they are being undressed."
First Line
If he is awake early enough the boy sees the men walk past the farmhouse down First Lake Road.
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