Warlight book by Michael Ondaatje
By Michael OndaatjeWarlight book by Michael Ondaatje
In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself - at once both shadowed and luminous - Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire. It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and grow both more convinced and less concerned as they get to know his eccentric crew of friends- men and women with a shared history, all of whom seem determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn't know or understand in that time, and it is this journey - through reality, recollection, and imagination - that is told in this magnificent novel.
Book details
- Hardcover
- 290 pages
- English
- 0525521194
- 9780525521198
About Michael Ondaatje
he was born to a burgher family of dutch-tamil-sinhalese-portuguese origin. he moved to england with his mother in 1954. after relocating to canada in 1962 Read More about Michael Ondaatje
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