Michael Ondaatje: Distance, Clarity and Ghosts

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Michael Ondaatje, a celebrated author and poet, has adistinct writing technique of interest to students ofliterature as well as writers of fiction. Hemanipulates reader participation with continualchanges of focus, alternating between distance andZen-like moments of clarity. Ghosts and a Buddhistsense of detachment invest his texts with a poeticsense of romance and intrigue. Taking the backdrop ofwar in Sri Lanka from the novel Anil's Ghost andselected poems from Handwriting. Joan von Memerty'scritical analysis of Ondaatje's techniquesconcentrates on the aspect that, given the transienceof nature, conflict is irrelevant with the passing oftime.