The four people who take shelter in an abandoned villa in Italy during the final days of WW II are in retreat from a world gone mad each of them is bent on protecting painful memories and pondering irreplaceable losses. Here again he brings together disparate characters whose lives intersect at a crucial moment in history, and introduces real-life figures who add dimension and credibility to the story. A poet's sensitive, deep-seeing eye, a fluid, sensuous prose and imaginative juxtapositions of characters and events distinguish Canadian author Ondaatje's impressive novels ( Coming Through Slaughter In the Skin of a Lion etc.).
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